Time for Nature; Theme: Biodiversity
Every year, 5th June is celebrated worldwide as World Environment Day to highlight the importance of environment and focus on the pressing environmental issues and encourage it’s preservation. This day has been celebrated since 1974. The host this year was Colombia, but due to the ongoing pandemic, the day was commemorated virtually across all the nations.
The Covid-19 disaster that has caused widespread impacts worldwide infecting more than 6.7 crore people, with almost 4 lac casualties, has been an eye-opener in terms of environmental health. The worldwide disruption with lockdowns being imposed in almost every nation, we could see a drastic reduction in air pollution. The waters are clearer, the environment is pristine. In fact, the Summers in India has also been cooler compared to the previous years. Now the onus is on us to keep the environment in this pristine condition even after the lockdown gets over. So let us join hands and take an oath on this World Environment Day to help preserve the environment in whatever ways we can…
To commemorate the day, Department of Environmental Science, Deshbandhu College for Girls, had organized a Photography Competition among the 2ndSemester students of the College, with the theme: Time for Nature. Thank you all the students for your overwhelming participation. We are thankful to our respected Principal Dr. Anita Chattopadhyay Gupta for being a judge for the competition.
Dr. Sreoshi Chatterjee
Head, Dept. of Env. Sc
The Winners are:
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 Poulami Mondal (English Hons.) |
 Momy Paron (English Hons.) |
 Sreemoyee Bhowmick (English Hons.) |
 Sujata Nath (Geography Hons.) |
 Varsha Kulthia (B.Com. Hons.) |