Participate in the contest - ‘Green Diwali Healthy Diwali’

In order to spread awareness on the need of celebrating an eco-friendly Diwali, the Environment Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO) is organizing a contest on MP MyGov portal on the ‘Green Diwali Healthy Diwali’ for students, teachers and professors of eco-club schools and colleges across Madhya Pradesh. The campaign aims to encourage young people to celebrate Diwali in an environment-friendly way.

All round the year, we keep waiting for Diwali with bated breath. The ‘Festival of Lights’ is an embodiment of hope and bonhomie. It symbolizes the towering victory of good over the bad, light over darkness, wisdom over ignorance, and virtues over vices.

All of us have fondest childhood memories of Diwali. However, things are changing fast. Today, Diwali stands more as a symbol of noisy firecrackers, smoke, smog and noise pollution. It is about time we acknowledge the fatal consequences of firecrackers and the environmental hazard caused by them.

Participants are requested to share the different ways in which they wish to celebrate an eco friendly Diwali this year. In addition to sharing ideas of celebrating pollution-free Deepawali, students, teachers in charge, professors, assistant professors can also share photos or videos of their celebration of eco-friendly Diwali. They can also share photos and videos of their friends and relatives who, inspired by them, decided to go the eco friendly way this Diwali.

10 best entries will be awarded Rs 2,000, along with a Certificate of Appreciation, while the next 10 best entries will receive Rs 1,000 each and a Certificate of Appreciation.

The last day to submit your entries is November 14, 2019. To submit your entries log on to MP MyGov.

Read Terms and Conditions before submitting your entries.
• Each participant can submit only one entry.
• Entries should only be submitted on www.mp.mygov.in
• Provide explanation behind the idea shared in at least 50 words.
• Along with PDF/Word Document, participants are also free to submit their entry through photograph or video (Photograph/Video should reflect your thought on celebrating eco-friendly Deepawali).
• Each entry should be submitted along with the name, address, email id, and phone number of the contestant.
• The entry must be relevant to the topic.
• The choice of winner will be done by a panel of experts at EPCO. Their decision will be deemed final and irrevocable.
• Photography and videography should not contain anything illegal or objectionable.
• The winning entries will be the intellectual property of EPCO and the latter reserves the right to make amendments
• All participants should ensure
a) They have adhered to all rules of participation.
b) Their entries are authentic and not plagiarized.
c) The entry is not the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.