The Hindu 07.09.2013
Expo focuses on rainwater harvesting
In order to create awareness among the public through
students, an expo on rainwater harvesting was organised here on Friday
for Corporation schools.
Students from all the 10
high schools and 16 higher secondary schools run by the civic body took
part in the expo, which was held at the Corporation Girls Higher
Secondary School at R.S. Puram.
Mayor S.M. Velusamy inaugurated the exhibition.
Corporation
Commissioner G. Latha said that houses were given building plan
approval only if they had provision for rainwater harvesting structures.
This exhibition was part of the Corporation’s initiatives to raise the awareness levels of the residents of Coimbatore.
A
total of 128 models created by 178 students were kept on display during
the expo. Students also explained to those visiting the expo how their
models would collect rainwater. They were given a month’s time to come
up with the models.
Teachers also helped the students create the models. Personnel of the Corporation Engineering section were judges for the event.
Apart
from this, a Corporation press release said that essay, elocution and
drawing competitions on rainwater harvesting were also held for students
of classes VI to XII, who were divided into various categories.
The
cash award for first prize in these contests was Rs. 5,000, second
prize Rs. 3,000 and the third prize carried Rs. 2,000. Totally, around
Rs. 1 lakh would be given out.
The students were told
to take the models to their homes so that their parents would realise
its importance and install rainwater harvesting structures.
