Let's Celebrate Pollution-free Diwali, Protect Environment

'Deepawali' A festival which shows the desire to go from darkness to light…

Deepawali is not a one-day festival, but for us it is a group of many festivals, so we call it festive season, which we celebrate with lot of excitement, joy, happiness and glee. We also call it 'festival of light' because it happily lightens our life and publishes the good in us. This festival symbolises the victory of hope on evil, light on darkness, wisdom on ignorance and hopelessness.

There are so many colors of happiness and glee in this festival but today this festival has only become a symbol of noise and harmful smoke of the firecrackers. The noise and air pollution caused by them is very harmful not only for us but also for our entire environment.

So this time let us celebrate Deepawali without polluting the environment and being Eco-friendly. Keeping this idea in mind, the Environment Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO) is organising a competition this year to celebrate 'Pollution-free Deepawali Festival' which will definitely be a meaningful initiative in the direction of pollution free and healthy environment.

So how you are going to celebrate this Deepawali without harming the environment, keeping in mind the motto of Pollution-Free Deepawali, which can provide a real meaning to the word 'Green Deepawali' and set an example to the society to be Eco-friendly? The objective of the campaign is to encourage general masses to celebrate pollution-free Diwali. Share your IDEA with us.

Selected five entries will be awarded Rs 1,000/- incentive prize.

Terms and conditions:

• Any citizen of the country can participate in this competition.
• Participants must be registered at www.mp.mygov.in to participate in the competition. Participants can register themselves by going to https://mp.mygov.in/user/register/.
• Only one entry will be accepted by a participant. Multiple entries will not be accepted by any participant.
• All entries should be submitted only at www.mp.mygov.in.
• Participants have to explain the logic & reason behind the suggested Idea (maximum 50 words)
• Please upload your Idea in PDF / Word format as well as photos or videos (Photo or video means will help to understand how your idea is convincing pollution-free Deepawali. To submit your video share it on facebook/youtube and submit its link in PDF along with your IDEA at www.mp.mygov.in).
• It is mandatory for the participant to provide their name, address, e-mail address and phone number in the PDF/Word File.
• Entries will be selected by an expert panel of EPCO and final decision of panel will be valid only.
• Any material or any element in the photo or video should not be illegal.
• The rights of the selected entry will be the property of Executive Director, EPCO Madhya Pradesh and the right to make any changes in it will be protected.
• Please submit your entry on or before 24 November, 2018
• All participants participating in the competition should ensure that:
a) They meet with all the conditions of entry.
b) Their entries are original.
c) Their entries should not violate any third party's intellectual property rights.