Date :9/26/2017
Press Release on 26th September 2017QUIZ COMPETETION UNDER SWACHH BHARAT MISSION
The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in collaboration with National Development Foundation and Red Cross Unit Govt. PG College Gandhinagar Jammu organized quiz competition under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) at Govt. PG College for Women Gandhinagar Jammu. Dr. Koushal Samotra Principal Govt. PG College for Women Gandhinagar Jammu, Mr. Rajiv Khajuria Founder Emeritus National Development Foundation, Prof Dr. Ashiq Raza I/c Red Cross Unit Govt. PG College for Women Gandhinagar, S. Prithi Pal Singh Sanitation Officer JMC, Asstt. Prof. Shapia Shameem, Mr. Sunny Kumar, Mr. B.J. Raina, Mr. Retish Suri, staff and children were present during the programme. Five teams from Govt. College for Education Jammu, Govt. PG College for Women Gandhinagar Jammu, GGM Science College Jammu, MAM College Jammu, SPMR College of Commerce Jammu participated in the competition. Mr. Deepu Raina was the quiz master assisted by Abhinitika Verma and Suchitra Sharma whereas the stage was conducted by Mr. Parvinder Singh Programme Manager, NDF.
First prize was bagged by SPMR College of Commerce Jammu comprised of Saurabh Mehta, Kashish Gupta, Sukriti Jain, Gurleen Kour, Sannat Gupta. Second prize was bagged by Govt. College of Education comprised of Aditi Singh, Sonali Manhas, Preeti Jamwal, Palak Gupta, Gagandeep Singh, third prize was bagged by Govt. PG College for Women Gandhinagar Jammu comprise of Himani Sharma, Sonia Sharma, Priya Devi, Urmila Kumari, Aakriti Sharma. Consolation prizes were won by GGM Science College comprised of Akash Kohli, Prateek Sharma, Rajnish Choudhary, Sangam Choudhary, Manjul Jagotra and MAM College Jammu comprised of Sanchit Raina, Siddhant, Rakshit Sharma, Nitish Sharma and Ashfaq Wani. Momentos and certificates were also distributed among the winners and participants.
Mr. Rajiv Khajuria Founder Emeritus NDF while interacting with the participants encouraged the children to be the brand ambassadors for the Swachh Bharat Mission and voluntarily participate to ensure cleanliness at household level, schools and other public places.
Prof. Dr. Koushal Samotra Principal Govt. PG College Women Gandhinagar while interacting with the participants advised them to spread the message of clean and green India in their localities and institutions also. She stressed upon the need of changing the mindsets of every Indian toward their responsibilities for cleanliness and appealed all for appropriate disposal of the waste material by developing a habit of using dustbins and proper disposal mechanisms.
Similar competition was organized earlier in Dogra Higher Secondary School Rajouri on16th Sept. 2017 wherein five Higher secondary schools of Jammu participated.
The Jammu Municipal Corporation is organizing a series of programme under the Swachh bharat Mission during the period starting from 15th September, 2017.