Madhya Pradesh: Children were happy to see the jungle safari tour and wild animals in the state level Mowgli Utsav.

Bhopal, 13 November (HS). On the second day of the state level Mowgli Utsav at Pench National Park, Seoni, school children visited the forest and saw the wild animals during a jungle safari. Forest department guides and teachers were also with him. The School Education Department organizes Mowgli Utsav every year in collaboration with the Forest Department.

The objective of this program is to provide children with information about all-round development, forests, environment and wildlife conservation. Children’s painting, question forum and activities related to cultural sector are also organized in Mowgli Utsav.

launch ceremony

Mowgli Utsav started on Monday. Seoni MLA Dinesh Rai flagged off the Mowgli Mitra children from all the districts of the state for safari at 5 am. 242 children, 58 teachers and 12 volunteers are participating in the function. Children were also given information about bio-diversity during this period.

children will be rewarded

Children participating in various competitions will be rewarded for their best performance. In the state, Mowgli Utsav starts at school level, block level and district level. Students and teachers from 55 districts are actively participating in the program. State Biodiversity Board, Environment Planning Coordination and Organization (EPCO), Scout Guides and Madhya Pradesh Text Book Corporation help in organizing Mowgli Utsav.

Environment quiz competition and mission life based mini exhibition was organised. A written examination was organized for the students and teachers of junior and senior class, in which 2 participants each from the first 5 districts were selected. A multi-media quiz was also organized for the selected students and teachers, in which students participated through interesting questions on important topics like environment protection, climate change, ozone protection, pollution. All the winning students were given energy efficient solar products by APCO Bhopal, which included solar lanterns, lamps and table lamps, solar panel charging. Awards and certificates were given to promote the products manufactured by the tribal community.