Winners of the essay competition along with departmental officials on February 24 at council hall, Mon. (DIPR Photo)
Mon, February 26 (DIPR): As part of the National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness week, an essay competition on the topic ‘Importance of safe drinking water & sanitation’ was organized by the PHED, Mon Division for students on February 24 at council hall, Mon.
Altogether 11 students of Mon Headquarter participated in the competition. The first prize was awarded to N. Yungmei. Konyak of Model School while the 2nd prize was bagged by Aiswariya C. Nair of Christ King School. The third prize was bagged by two individuals Nonphe Konyak of Don Bosco School and Shahjung of Model School.
The winners of the competition were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000 and Rs. 1000 each respectively. The Executive Engineer, PHED Mon Division, Er L. Leyang Khiamniungan exhorted the students on safe drinking water and sanitation, and its importance of awareness to the people.
It may be added that an exposure trip to Lampong Sheanghah and Tumei village for all the WATSAN Chairmen of Mon district was carried out on February 25.
