Umaria schoolgirls made cow-dung and clay Ganesh idols under Green Ganesh campaign
At a one-day training in Birsinghpur Pali, Umaria district, students made Ganesh idols from cow dung and clay as part of the Green Ganesh campaign, promoting environmental protection.
In Umaria district of the division, a one-day training programme under the Green Ganesh campaign was held at the Government Girls School, Birsinghpur Pali. It was organised under the aegis of the Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation, Government of Madhya Pradesh, by Yuva Team Umaria and Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) volunteers, under the guidance of District Collector Dharnendra Kumar Jain and Zila Panchayat CEO Abhay Singh. Young volunteers and the school’s girl students made Ganesh idols by hand from cow dung and pure clay, giving a message of environmental protection.
Students made cow-dung and clay Ganesh idols, spread environmental message
A large number of students took part enthusiastically and made the Ganesh idols with their own hands. School principal Ramsharan Dwivedi said the students were made aware, through making Green Ganesh idols, of the need to keep the environment and water from being polluted. He said protecting the environment was our duty. LiFE volunteer Himanshu Tiwari introduced participants to the campaign’s objectives, explained technical aspects of environmental pollution, and encouraged them to decorate idols with natural colours and pledge to immerse them at home. He also urged people not to use idols made of Plaster of Paris and chemical colours, but to install clay idols instead and immerse them at home, so that water bodies would not be polluted. Participants called it a commendable effort.
Present were in-charge principal Mamita Bilthare, environment volunteers Himanshu Tiwari, Shikha Barman, Niharika Singh, Abhinav Dwivedi and Saurabh Pandey, and students Prachi Barman, Shruti Barman, Anandi Panika, Durga Sondhiya, Devki Vishwakarma, Manani Kachhi, Shivani Kevat, Poonam Singh, Anushka Singh, Sakshi Rajak, Shashi Rao, Roma Sheikh, Suhani Rajak, Manish Kevat, Satya Yadav, Radhika Sahu, Sonam Soni, Kajal Chaudhary, Kusum Prajapati, Manisha Kevat and Nisha Kevat, among others. At the end of the training, all participants were felicitated with certificates and trophies.
