Raising awareness among the young children plays an important part in bringing long lasting changes to a society. The following report describes a small effort in that direction. I have requested the Eco Friends group to spread this kind of effort to village schools also.
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Eco Friends Inter-school Debate on �Ganga can never be polluted�
On Apr 26, 2005 at Huddard High School, Kanpur
A brief report
56 speakers from 28 different schools of Kanpur assembled at HHS on Apr 26 to express their views for and against the topic �Ganga can never be polluted�. The audience, mainly comprising teachers, students, principals and some eminent guests, gave a patient and careful hearing to the fresh and stimulating ideas and views of young speakers on Ganga for almost 4 hours. We�re compiling the speeches that will be available on Eco Friends� website www.ecofriends.org very soon.
The objective of the Debate was to seek the opinion of the young generation about Ganga.
�I have not seen how polluted the Ganga is in Kanpur but the concern expressed by the young people truly gives a picture that the situation is grim and grave. Something needs to be done. The efforts of these children will definitely bear ! fruits�, said the Chief Guest Kristen Easter who is Country Program Manager for the United States-Asia Environmental Partnership Program of the United States Agency for International Development.
The concern expressed by the young students over the current state of Ganga was highly encouraging. The Debate reflected that the new generation was deeply worried about the physical state of the river Ganga. The dedication and enthusiasm of the students was the real hope for a clean Ganga. Children were better than the elders on this issue. This was stated by Kristen Easter.
Manglam Tiwari of Delhi Public School, Kalyanpur and Dipti Dhawan of St. Mary�s Convent High School were judged as the best speakers for and against the topic �Ganga can never be polluted�. Richa Maheshwari of Woodbine Gardenia School and Surabhi Ganguli of Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre bagged the second prize for and against the topic respectively. Tanmaya Vivek of Sir Padampat Singhania Educat! ion Centre and Anushka Nigam claimed the third place for and against the topic respectively.
The Championship Trophy was won by DPS, Kalyanpur.
K Balakrishnan, Suchitra Singh and YN Khare were the judges. Bhaskar Ganti, KV Vincent, Sr Yvette, Ch Harishchandra were the eminent guests.
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