Bokaro: World Environment Day was celebrated in DPS, Bokaro in a grand manner virtually here on Saturday. The theme for World Environment Day for 2021 is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’ with the slogan ‘Reimagine, Recreate, Restore’. The purpose of World Environment Day is to spread awareness about the threat to the environment due to rising pollution levels and climate change.
On the occasion, the Principal DPS Bokaro, A. S. Gangwar planted a sapling and released the ‘Annual Planner’ of the school. The theme of the Annual Planner is ‘Sustainable Conservation’ which covered various aspects of conserving nature through beautiful paintings by the students of the school. The paintings prominently depict conservation of ‘Aquatic Animals’; ‘Bio-Diversity’; ‘Monuments’; ‘Landscape’; ‘Tribes’; ‘Rivers’; ‘Birds’; ‘Non-Renewable Energy’; ‘Mountains’; ‘Wildlife’ and ‘Wetlands’.
Mohit Ghosh, Sneha Singh, Krish Raj, Piyush Mallick, Ankit Basu, Ayaan Nigam, Samyojita Thakur, Sanjivani Kumari, Satya Singh, Aryan Singh, Nikita Singh and Arjit Anukul contributed their paintings for the planner while Sakshi Priya has designed the cover.
To commemorate this special occasion the school also organized various online competitions like creative writing pieces and powerpoint presentations to sensitize students on issues affecting the environment and celebrate the day in a fruitful manner. Speaking on the occasion Principal, DPS Bokaro, A.S.Gangwar asked all the stakeholders to take a pledge to save mother nature. He said that it is important to nurture the children in such a way that they shoulder the responsibility of caring for and preserving the environment.