Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 674/16

7TH STATE LEVEL PAINTING COMPETITION ON WATER CONSERVATION HELD

The 7th State Level Painting Competition under the theme: “Save Water, Save Earth” was organised by the Central Ground Water Board, State Unit Office, Shillong on the 3rd December, 2016 at All Saint’s Hall, IGP, Shillong. Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission (CWC), Shri P. M. Scott graced the prize distribution ceremony as Chief Guest and Shri G. C. Saha, Adviser, Meghalaya Water Development Agency (MeWDA) as the Guest of Honour. It may be mentioned that the School Level Painting Competition was open for students of 6th, 7th and 8th standards and was conducted by various schools of Meghalaya during the month of October-November, 2016. A total of 4612 students from 121 schools from all over Meghalaya participated in the School Level Painting Competition out of which fifty best paintings were selected from the School level competition and these students have been called for participating in the State Level Painting Competition. Deepanjali Das of St. Margaret Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Soumishta Das of Kendriya Vidyalaya, EAC Upper Shillong and Harydson Kharmawphlang of Eden Academy School, Shillong bagged the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes respectively. The winner will be competing at the National level competition to be held at New Delhi.