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ACTIVITY REPORT
National Green Corps Programme
in
West Bengal
2010-2011
West Bengal Pollution Control Board Paribesh Bhawan
Bldg 10 A, Block LA, Sector III Bidhannagar, Kolkata – 700 098
Phone: +91 33 2335 9088/7428/8211 Fax: +91 33 2335 2813/8073 Website: www.wbpcb.gov.in E-mail: [email protected]
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INTRODUCTION The National Green Corps (NGC) had been introduced by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India with the aim of spreading awareness about environment, various environmental problems, way to solve those problems etc. among school children by involving them in various environment-related programmes through the Eco-clubs constituted in the respective schools. Under this programme, initiatives has been taken to set up Eco-clubs in maximum number of schools in every district of each State/Union Territory of the country. The members of these Eco-clubs constitute the National Green Corps. In order to facilitate the NGC programmes, a Nodal Agency and an Implementing Agency have been designated for every State/Union Territory. The prime objectives of these programme are as follows:
To make the children acquire the basic knowledge about environment and environmental problems, skills and values very easily that promote environmental responsibility.
To provide environmental education opportunities for school children; To utilize the unique position of school children for spreading environmental awareness to the society at large; To facilitate children's participation in the decision making process of environmental as well as developmental fields; To bring the children into direct interaction with the environmental problems facing the society they live in and make them think of solutions; and To involve children in action based programmes related to environment in their surroundings.
NGC PROGRAMME IN WEST BENGAL In West Bengal, the NGC programme was initiated in the year 2002-2003 during which a total of 1900 schools belonging to 19 districts of the state were included under the programme and in 2010-2011, the number of NGC schools in West Bengal is 4750 including Kolkata, with approximately 250 Eco-clubs in each district as given in Table- 1. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) acts as the State Nodal Agency and Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha (PBVM) act as the State Implementing Agency for the NGC programmmes in West Bengal. In order to coordinate the implementation of the programme a State Steering Committee was constituted. There is another committee in each district i.e. District Implementation and Monitoring Committee (DIMC) headed by the District Magistrate to oversee the proper implementation of the programme at the district level. So far, the DIMC have been constituted in the districts of Kolkata, Hooghly and Purulia.
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Table- 1 : NGC Schools in West Bengal in 2010-2011
Sl. No.
Name of the District Total No. of Eco-
clubs
1. Bankura 248
2. Birbhum 240
3. Burdwan 413
4. Cooch Behar 138
5. Dakshin Dinajpur 141
6. Darjeeling 171
7. Hooghly 336
8. Howrah 231
9. Jalpaiguri 150
10. Kolkata 364
11. Malda 153
12. Murshidabad 236
13. Nadia 213
14. North 24 Parganas 540
15. Paschim Medinipur 319
16. Purba Medinipur 286
17. Purulia 130
18. South 24 Parganas 330
19. Uttar Dinajpur 111
Total 4750
GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF NGC ECO-CLUBS IN WEST BENGAL DURING 2010-11 Every NGC school has an Eco-club, each of which comprises around 50 children, who have joined voluntarily. The children are given theoretical inputs about environment as well as involved in hands-on activities, which helps to cultivate a sense of caring and appreciation for the environment. Each Eco-club is being supervised by a teacher-in-charge, selected amongst teachers of the school on the basis of their inclination towards environmental issues. There are one/two Master Trainers in each district to assist the teachers-in-charge for smooth functioning of the Eco-club activities. In order to implement the programme at the district level, the existing DIMC have been expanded to form an Expanded District level Implementation and Monitoring Committee for carrying out the various school-related activities of the campaign. The common programmes undertaken by the Eco-clubs of the NGC schools are given below: 1. Seminars/talks/debates: A number of seminars/talks/debates were organized under NGC Programme on the topics related to different global environmental issues, present state of environmental pollution, different pollution mitigation and control measures etc. to generate knowledge as well as awareness and concern for the environment amongst the school children. 2. Nature camp/Field Visit: Through such Nature Camps/Field Visits the school children of different Eco-clubs get the opportunity to directly interact with and study on the nature, which is a unique combination
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of both the plants and animals, living and non-living components, biotic and abiotic factors of the environment. It is imperative for the children to understand the scientific processes influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms, the interactions among organisms, and the flow of energy- flux. 3. Plantation programmes: Plantation programme is one of the most important initiative undertaken by maximum number of Eco-club members of respective schools under NGC activity. The main aim of this activity is to increase the earth's total green cover through extensive afforestation and prevention of illegal tree-cutting and encourage the whole society towards the same to save the environment. 4. Cleanliness Drive: With a vision that “Cleanliness begins in schools”, the school children are involved in activities, such as cleaning their school premises, before starting to make efforts to make the world a cleaner place to live in. 5. Awareness by rallies: The student members of the Eco-clubs organize and participate in rallies to make the people in their locality aware of various environmental issues, such as Climate Change, plastic pollution, noise pollution and observation of various environmentally important days etc. 6. Survey: Intensive nature survey works conducted by school children of different Eco-clubs enable them to get knowledge about the environmental condition of a particular area/ecosystem, biodiversity, recognize the intricate problems and probable measures to eliminate them. For instance, wetland survey carried out by Eco-club members helps them to study about the ecosystem. biodiversity, the problems easily and pave the way towards solving the particular environmental problem. 7. Other activities: The other key activities undertaken by the individual schools and District Committee are Eco-club meetings, preparation of Eco-club diaries, Sky watching, setting up medicinal plant garden, observation of important days related to environment, such as World Environment Day, World Wetlands Day, National Science Day, Forest Week, etc.
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AT A GLANCE NGC Activities in individual districts of
West Bengal during 2010-2011
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DISTRICT: BANKURA
ABOUT THE DISTRICT Bankura is located in the western part of the
state of West Bengal (latitude 22°38’ N and
longitude 86°36’ E to 87°47’ E). The District is bounded by River Damodar and the adjacent districts are Bardhaman in the north, Purulia in the west and Paschim Medinipure in the south. It is a part of Bardhaman Division of the State and included in the area known as 'Rarh' in Bengal having forest land of 148177 ha. which constitutes 21.5% of total geographical area of the district. Latest land use patterns indicate that culturable wasteland stood at 11703 ha., fallow land, other than current fallow at 11101 ha., Current fallow at 16480 ha. and 36692 ha. of Barren and uncultivable land. This land may be made suitable for taking up forestry/ waste land development. It ranks 4th according to Population and literacy rate of 2001 Census in the State. From the geographical, socioeconomic and environmental consideration, the district offers lot of scope for development of this activity. In view of Govt. supports for development of this sector, long term potential for development through credit may be estimated at 2500ha. for next 5 years with annual phasing of 500ha.
Table- 2 : NGC schools in different zones of Bankura district
Sl. No. Block/ Zone No. of schools No. of Eco-clubs
1 Bankura-I 32 26
2 Bankura- II 14 11
3 Barjora 24 8
4 Bishnupur 21 10
5 Chhatna 22 13
6 Gangajalghati 22 9
7 Hirbandh 13 6
8 Indas 22 10
9 Indpur 26 15
10 Joypur 20 13
11 Khatra 16 13
12 Kotulpur 22 15
13 Mejia 8 8
14 Onda 26 8
15 Patrasayer 19 6
16 Raipur 22 11
17 Ranibandh 15 8
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Sl. No. Block/ Zone No. of schools No. of Eco-clubs
18 Saltora 15 5
19 Sarenga 20 12
20 Simlapal 23 14
21 Sonamukhi 19 11
22 Taldangra 22 16
Total 443 248
NGC PROGRAMME OF BANKURA DISTRICT There are total 443 nos. of schools out of which about 248 nos. of Eco-club organize NGC environmental campaign programmes in the respective schools. A considerable number of students who are members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities, such as, seminars, talks, cleaning programmes, plantation, awareness rallies, field visit programmes and other activities.
Table 3: Activities of NGC schools of Bankura district
Activity No of participating schools No of participating students
Up to Sep. 10 Up to Dec. 10 Up to Mar. 11 Up to Sep. 10 Up to Dec. 10 Up to Mar. 11
Seminar 123 83 131 9201 7329 10080
Talk/Debate 65 69 75 Camp 21 17 15
1447 1800 1950 Field Visit 42 51 59 Plantation 63 27 06
12985 6500 2900 Cleanliness Drive 135 103 44
Awareness by rallies 27 16 22 1200 800 1150
Other Events 62 47 56 2480 1800 1600
Table 4: Activities by Bankura District Committee
Activities & Date No of participating
schools No of participants (Teachers/
students)
District-level workshops of the teachers-in-charge 206 206
HIV Awareness Rally on 1.12.10 18 1630
Health Awareness Rally 48 3500
Call for plantation during Forest Week 94 4232
Cleanliness Drive at the school premises on 15.07.10 103 6180
Seminar on Water conservation & Environment on 25.07.10 130 130 (Teacher)
Awareness Rally for Bankura town cleanliness on 30.09.10 18 7200
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS 1. Prize distribution ceremony- The ceremony held on 1.11.10 at Vidya Bhaban, Bankura. All the
teachers-in-charges, successful candidates of 'Prakriti Amader' competition 2010 and Eco-club student-members participated in this programme.
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2. Awareness Programmes Most of the Eco-clubs participated in various activities as follows: Seminars Plantation of Medicinal Plants during Forest Week Various competitions on 'Poster with slogan', Quiz on environmental topics, Debate etc. Cleanliness Programmes in and around school premises Nature study camps Health awareness rallies
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Bankura District
Students are in Nature Study Camp Awareness Rally on Environment
Students displaying Posters with awareness slogans Plantation programme on school premises
Cleanliness Drive within the school premises Students attending Seminar
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DISTRICT: BIRBHUM ABOUT THE DISTRICT Birbhum is the northernmost District of the Burdwan Division. It lies between 23° 32' and 24° 35' N and 88° 01' and 87° 5' E. In shape it looks like an isosceles triangles. The apex is situated at the northern extremity not far south of point where the Ganges and the hills of the Santhal Paraganas begin to diverge while the river Ajay forms the base of this triangle. Birbhum is bounded on the north and west by Santhal Paraganas, on the east by the districts of Murshidabad and Burdwan and on the south by Burdwan, from which it is separated by the Ajay river. The district extends over an area of 4545 square kilometers. NGC PROGRAMME IN BIRBHUM DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 240 schools of 9 zones in the district of Birbhum. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities, such as, cleaning programmes, plantation, awareness rallies and other activities. All these schools have been further grouped into nine zones for the smooth functioning of the NGC programme, namely, Muraroi, Moyureswar, Ahamadpur, Rajnagar, Suri, Md Bazar, Nalhati, Rampurhat and Bolpur. Some of the highlighting events of the Eco-clubs of the district are given below :
Table 5: Activities conducted by Birbhum District Committee
Activities No. of participating
Schools
Seminar/Talk 225
Field Visit 75
Plantation (Forest Week) 225
Cleanliness Drive in school & locality 240
Awareness Rallies (Anti tobacco, Anti War, plastic USC)
105
Survey Works on Biodiversity& Health awareness
60
Medicinal Plant Garden 25
Wall Magazine 110
Construction of VAT for Garbage 120
Eco Club Board 125
Nature Study Camp 40
Eco club Diary 180
Observation of Important days a. World Environment Day b. World Health Day c. National Science Day d. Earth Day e. Anti War Day f. Anti Drug Day
225 95 80 25
125 25
School Level Competitions on various environmental issues
210
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Activities No. of participating
Schools
Other Activities a. Children's Science Festival b. Tearchers' Day c. Aids Day d. PBVM Day
120 20
170 150
Awareness Programmes a. Health & Sanitation b. Color Food & Drink c. Global Warming
150 60 40
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Forest Week celebrated About 225 Eco-clubs participated in the celebration of “Forest Week” (14-20 July). They observed the week by planting saplings within their school premises. For instance, Kalitgoti Smriti Nari Sikhsha Sadan organized plantation programme on 19.07.10. Prakiti Amader This event had been organized under the WBPCB Campaign programme. 210 no.s of school of the district having Eco-clubs under the NGC programme participated in the event. Cleaning programme in School & locality All the student members of 240 Eco-clubs participated in this programme with great enthusiasm. Such programmes were organized within the premises of the schools and around local areas.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Birbhum District
Plantation programme Sit and draw competition on Environmental awareness
Awareness campaign on environmental pollution among villagers by school students
Students nursing the medicinal plants Students participating in the Awareness Rally
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DISTRICT: BURDWAN ABOUT THE DISTRICT A district with variety of livelihood, agriculture, industry, and mining, all at their peak. The agricultural production is so high that the district is called the granary of Bengal. Industrial Township of Durgapur is second almost to none. Mining, primarily for coal, is
another activity in the district. Located at 23o16'N and
87o54'E, the total geographical area of the district is 7024 square kilometers.
Table 6 : Numbers Eco-clubs of different clusters of Burdwan district
Sl. No. Name of the
Cluster Blocks/Municipalities of the concerned Cluster
No .of Eco-clubs
1. Andal Andal, Pandaveswar 14
2. Asansol Asansol Municipal Corporation 17
3. Barabani Barabani, Salanpur 11
4. Bhatar Bhatar 11
5. Budbud-Galsi Galsi I & Galsi II 25
6. Burdwan Sadar Burdwan Sadar I & II 30
7. Burdwan Town Burdwan Municipality 25
8. Burnnpur-Kulti Burnpur 0& Kulti Municipality 22
9. Durgapur Durgapur Municipal Corporation 26
10. Durgapur Ispat Durgapur Municipal Corporation & Durgapur- Faridpur 16
11. Guskara Guskara Municipality, Ausgram I & II 17
12. Jamuria Jamuria Municipality, Jamuria 10
13. Kalna Kalna Municipality, Kalna I & II 24
14. Kanksa Kanksa 18
15. Katwa Katwa Municipality, Katwa I & II 20
16. Khandaghosh Khandaghosh 17
17. Mangalkote-Ketugram
Mangalkot, Ketugram I & II 14
18. Memari I Memari Municipality, Memari I, Jamalpur Panchayet Samity 29
19. Memari II Memari II, Monteswar Panchayet Samity 25
20. Purbasthali- I Purbasthali- I & II 07
21. Raina Raina I & II 14
22. Raniganj Raniganj Municipality, Raniganj 21
Total 413
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NGC PROGRAMME IN BURDWAN DISTRICT In Burdwan district, 413 schools were involved in the NGC programme. The objectives of the activities under the NGC programme in the district were as follows: To disseminate the ideas and views about environment among the members of intra and inter district
Eco-clubs; To know the nature of environmental education opportunities availed by the Eco-clubs in different
corner of the district; To find out whether the children are able to participate in environment related decision
making To focus on whether the Eco-club activities left any impression on the neighboring schools or
not.
Table7 : NGC Activities of Burdwan district
Activities No of schools participated
Seminar 275
Talk 145
Camp 160
Field Visit 70
Plantation 140
Cleanliness Drive 335
Awareness rallies 125
Survey 128
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Seminars/ Discussion
The student members of the Eco-clubs of the district participated in various seminars/ discussions on the issues such as biodiversity, sanitation Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day, health and nutrition, war and others.
Cleanliness Drive
School cleaning exercises were a major activity in the schools of the district. Cleanliness programmes were organized within the premises of many schools of the district.
Plantation
Many Eco-clubs took up plantation programme in and around their school premises. Some of the Eco-clubs participated in setting up flower garden, medicinal plant garden programme to celebrate Forest week.
Rally
Rallies were organized by the Eco-club student members on a regular basis. Many schools organized rallies on Bird-flu, use of plastic carry bags, war, World Environment Day, World AIDS Day, World Health Day, National Science Day etc.
Nature Study Camp
Many of the Eco-clubs participated in Nature Study Camps during which several seminars, talk/discussion on various issues related to environment, demonstration on wetlands, water conservation programme etc had been organized.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Burdwan District
Sit-and-Draw programme on environmental issues
Plantation Ptohtsmmr within the school premises
Nature study camp
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DISTRICT: COOCH BEHAR ABOUT THE DISTRICT Cooch Behar lies between 25°57'47" to 26°36'2" North latitude and between 89°54'35" to 88°47'44" East longitude. The area of the district is 3387 sq. km., which is 3.82% of the land mass of the State of West Bengal. Cooch Behar is a district under the Jalpaiguri Division of the state of West Bengal. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state and bounded by the district of Jalpaiguri in the north, state of Assam in the east and the international border in the form of Indo-Bangladesh boundary in the south as well as in the west.
Table 8: NGC Schools in different zones of Cooch Behar District
Sl. No. Sub-Divisions No of participating schools
1. Cooch Behar Sadar North Zone 31
2. Cooch Behar Sadar South Zone 10
3. Tufangunj 32
4. Dinhata 35
5. Mathabhanga 25
6. Mekhliganj 05
Total 138
NGC PROGRAMME IN COOCH BEHAR DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 138 schools in the district of Cooch Behar. The student members of the Eco-clubs of these schools were engaged in various activities, such as, publication of wall magazine, rallies, survey, nature study camp, cleanliness and plantation programmes in the school premises, etc. The different activities undertaken by the individual schools and the District Committee are tabulated below.
Table 9: Activities by NGC schools of Cooch Behar district
Activities No. of participating
schools
Seminar 57
Plantation 65
Cleanliness Drive 110
Awareness by Rallies 75
Nature Study Camp 34
School Level Competition “Prokriti Amader”
72
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Table 10: Activities conducted by Cooch Behar District Committee
Activities No of participating schools
Zonal level meeting of Eco-club In-Charges 138
District level workshop 127
District level Seminar 57
District Level Competition “Prokriti Amader” 67
Observation of World Environment Day 108
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS School Cleaning Programmes Rally and seminar on World Environment Day Nature Observation Camp at Rasik bill Tree plantation programme during Forest week School level competition- “Prakriti Amader”
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Cooch Behar District
Sit & draw competition on Environment Road Rally on environment
School Cleaning programme Plantation programme
Prize distribution ceremony on School level
competition- “Prakriti Amader” Poster display on Environment
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DISTRICT: DARJEELING ABOUT THE DISTRICT Darjeeling hill areas, which is unique from environmental Eco-perception lies between 27°03' N and 88°18'E at a height of 2134m (7053 ft) on a mountain ridge covering an area of 11.44 sq. km. There are different climatic zones with distinctive attributes and there are endangered animals like red panda etc. along with memory orchids and medicinal plants are available in this hilly region. The Hill areas of Darjeeling District are located within the Lesser and Sub - Himalayan belts of the Eastern Himalayas. The area is bounded by the Sikkim Himalaya in the north, the Bhutan Himalaya in the east and Nepal Himalaya in the west. The southern foothill belt is demarcated by a highly dissipated platform of terrace deposits extending along the east west axis. The inner belt is defined by a ridge-line stretching from the Darjeeling Hill to the west and Kalimpong Hill to the east, overlooking the southerly flowing Tista valley in between. Prominent rivulets contributing to the Rammam - Rangit basin, dissipate the northern slope of Darjeeling Hills. The important rivers are Tista, Great Rangit, Mechi, Balason, Mahananda, Lish, Gish, Chel, Ramman, Murti and Jaldhaka. Tea, Timber and Tourism are the three main factors for economy of the district. Orange and Cardamom are also two cash crops for this district.
NGC PROGRAMME IN DARJEELING DISTRICT In the Darjeeling district, Eco-clubs of 171 schools and its student members were involved in the NGC programme. Of these, 94 schools are situated in the plains and 77 are situated in the hills. Teachers of those Eco-club schools were also involved in the programme. This is primarily why the Eco-clubs of these districts were divided into five linguistic classes viz. Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and English.
Table 11: Medium of Instruction of NGC schools of Darjeeling district
Sl. No. Linguistic Medium No of participating schools
1. Bengali 65
2. Nepali 08
3. English 85
4. Hindi 12
5. Urdu 01
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS The key activities of the NGC schools of Darjeeling district were as follows: Plantation Programmes
Forest Week during 14-20 July was celebrated with great enthusiasm by different Eco-clubs both in the hills and in the plains involving Eco-club students, teachers as well as local people by planting various saplings in and around the school premises.
Survey/ Nature study camp A number of visits to any ecological site for the Eco-club members were organized by Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha in collaboration with the Sarva Shiksha Mission, and Siliguri Education District.
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Celebration of different Days
Noise Pollution Campaign Programmes
Seminar
About 50 Eco-clubs organized seminars on different environmental issues.
Sit & Draw Competition
Different Eco-clubs organized a number of Sit & Draw competitions throughout the year to create enthusiasm and great interest regarding environmental issues among the Eco-club student members of the NGC schools.
Awareness Rally
Eco-club student members, teachers and local people of both hills and plain organized and participated in rally to spread awareness regarding global warming, plastic pollution, anti-superstition etc.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Darjeeling District
Plantation programme Sit and draw programme on Environmental Issurs
Celebration of World Environment Day Participating in Awareness Rally
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DISTRICT: DAKSHIN DINAJPUR ABOUT THE DISTRICT West Dinajpur District was created out of the erstwhile Dinajpur district in 1947 at the time of partition of India. The rest of the Dinajpur district is now in Bangladesh. The West Dinajpur district was enlarged in 1956 at the time of reorganization of the State with the addition of some areas of Bihar. The district was bifurcated into Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur on 01.04.1992. The erstwhile Balurghat Sub-Division along with Banshihari and Kushmandi Blocks (which were in Raigunj Sub-Division prior to the bifurcation) comprise the new district. The district is drained by a number of North-South flowing river like Atreyee, Punarbhaba, Tangon and Brahmani. It is predominantly an agricultural district with large area of land being under cultivation district extends from 26 deg 35' 15" N to 25 deg 10' 55" N and 89 deg 00' 30" E to 87 deg 48' 37" E. The geographical area of the district is 2162 square kilometers.
NGC PROGRAMME IN DAKSHIN DINAJPUR DISTRICT
Table 12: Activities of NGC schools of Dakshin Dinajpur District
Activities No of participating schools
Aug- Oct. 10 Nov- Jan. 11 Feb-Mar. 11
Seminar/Talk 125 101 89
Camp/Field Visit 53 89 79
Plantation/ Cleanliness Drive 69 112 87
Awareness by rallies 98 120 76
Survey 59 95 12
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
Plantation Programmes All of the 141 Eco-clubs of the district have adopted the programme whole-heartedly. Out of these, 135 Eco-clubs have implemented the plantation programme successfully. Students from different Eco-clubs took up extensive plantation scheme from 14th to 20th July within school premises, local areas and municipal wards.
Camp/ Field Visits Students of 115 Eco-clubs of the district participated in nature study and specimen collection programmes comprising of 9 to 10 sub-groups.
Seminar/ Talks Students of the 136 of 141 Eco-clubs, participated separately in various seminars and talk sessions on the issues, such as air pollution, Noise pollution, Water pollution, Ecosystem and Biodiversity.
Survey Each of the Eco-clubs has taken up survey oriented programme. Students of 119 schools carried out surveys on sanitation, public health, nutrition, biodiversity and surface water conditions of rural areas.
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Awareness by Rally Students along with their teachers from 141 Eco-clubs participated in total sanitation programme at their respective areas from 11.09.10 to 30.09.10. 120 Eco-clubs throughout the district took part individually or jointly in the walking rally organized on 07.4.10 on the occasion of World Health Day.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Dakshin Dinajpur District
Awareness Rally Plantation Programme
Cleanliness drive Nature study camp
Weeds cleaning programme Poster demonstration programme
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DISTRICT: HOOGHLY ABOUT THE DISTRICT A district with both agriculture and industrial activities at their heights. Bandel Church, Debanandapur, the birthplace of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, Joyrambati and Kamarpukur with its connection to the life of Ramakrishna and Sarada Devi are the places of attraction in the district. Hooghly district (22°N 88°E, area 1,214 sq mi [3,145 sq. km) comprises a fertile, low-lying alluvial tract dotted with marshes and abandoned river channels and drained by the Rupnarayan and Damodar rivers. Rice, jute, sugarcane, and potatoes are the main crops; bananas and mangoes are cultivated. The Hooghly's riverbank is densely populated and heavily industrialized, with jute, rice, and cotton mills and rubber and chemical factories. Early European settlements include Serampore and Chandernagore.
Table 13: NGC schools in different zones of Hooghly district
Sl. No. Name of the zone No of participating schools
1. Uttarpara 30
2. Chanditala I & II 29
3. Serampore 26
4. Seoraphuli-Baidyabati 11
5. Chinsurah 12
6. Chandernagore 13
7. Bandel-Mogra 20
8. Pandua 21
9. Balagarh 25
10. Haripal 16
11. Tarakeswar 11
12. Bhadreswar 13
13. Pursurah 11
14. Arambag 20
15. Goghat I & II 36
16. Central 6
17. Khanakul- I & II 15
18. Polba 21
Total 336
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NGC PROGRAMME IN HOOGHLY DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 336 schools in the district of Hooghly. All these schools have been further grouped into five clusters for the smooth functioning of the programme, namely, Arambagh, Chandannagar, Haripal, Srirampur and Uttarpara. The activities have been divided into two groups:
Central programmes harnessed by the District Committee Local-level programmes implemented by the units of the NGC
The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities conducted by the individual schools, such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey of wetlands, etc. Special programmes included celebration of the important days related to environment, seminars on the life and teachings of eminent scientists and awareness campaigns on plastic pollution.
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
Celebration of important days
The following days of great significance was celebrated by the Eco-clubs of Hooghly district:
International Biodiversity Day (22nd May)
Childrens' Day (14th November)
World Environment Day (5th June)
Wetland Day (2nd February)
Celebration of Eco-club foundation Day
Forest Week (14th - 20th July)
National Science Day (28th February)
World Health Day (7th April)
Science seminar Almost all the Eco-clubs organized seminars on Charles Darwin and Galileo.
Survey works and Nature Study Camps Surveys in and around wetlands and other biodiversity rich areas were carried out by Eco-club
members. In addition, few Eco-clubs of the zones located in the agricultural areas organized surveys for crop fields to discuss the cultivation pattern of their respective localities.
Some of the Eco-clubs organized Nature study Camps in specific areas having social, ecological and
environmental importance and the participants obtained knowledge about identification of landscape, natural vegetation, soil type, preparation of Herbarium sheets etc.
Participation in fairs and exhibitions Few Eco-clubs participated in open fairs of respective zones and displayed models, charts etc. Beside
this, all the Eco-clubs took part in the school exhibitions during prize distribution ceremony or other special occasions.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Hooghly District
Sit and draw competition on environmental issues
School Cleaning programme
Seminar on environmental issues
Village survey Plantation programme
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DISTRICT: HOWRAH
ABOUT THE DISTRICT Howrah lies along the west bank of the Hooghly River directly opposite Kolkata. It is Kolkata's largest satellite city and is the second largest city in West Bengal state. The district has major Grand Trunk Road connections and is the eastern terminus of major rail lines traversing eastern, northern, and central India. The city is connected to Kolkata across the Hooghly River by a number of bridges. Its river port is lined with ship-building and repairing docks, and on the river bank and elsewhere are jute, flour, rice, oilseed, and cotton mills; sawmills; iron and steel rolling mills; and factories making chemicals, glass, hosiery, cigarettes, and batteries. Sibpur, a southern suburb of Howrah, contains light industry and railway workshops, as well as a botanical garden founded in 1786. Constituted a municipality in 1862, Howrah has several colleges. The city is situated in a deltaic alluvial tract intersected by numerous rivers, and the area becomes flooded during the rainy season. It is spread over an area of 1467 sq. km. having population of 744,429 (as per 1981 census).
NGC PROGRAMME OF HOWRAH DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 231 schools in the Howrah district. The Eco-club student members were engaged in various activities conducted by the individual schools such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey and others. About 40-50 student members from each Eco-club were involved in the NGC programme. Most of the selected schools performed their level best for the inculcating scientific knowledge and temperament on environment and ecological balance among the students.
Table 14: NGC Activities of Howrah district
Activities No. of participating
schools
Seminar on Environmental Awareness & Global Warming 231
Observation of World Environment Day 231
Cleanliness Drive 231
Observation of National Science Day 225
Medicinal Plant Garden 203
Model Making 115
Observation of Forest Week 231
Nature Study Camp 211
Awareness by rallies 202
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Activities No. of participating
schools
Wall Magazine 84
Survey 68
Observation of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 112
Preparation of Biodiversity Register 15
Sit & Draw Competition 220
IYA observation 15
Observation of Anti tobacco Day 35
Observation of World Health Day 115
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Nature Study Camp
Some schools arranged Educational Tour or Nature study Camp at local ecologically significant areas.
Celebration of World Environment Day
Many of the schools, like Ojarpur Shivganj Bishalakhshmi High School, Shyampur High School etc. organized various programmes on the occasion of World Environment Day, on June 5, 2010.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Howrah District
Displaying various models in Science Exhibition
Plantation programme Workshop on Global Warming
Cleanliness drive Observation of Celebrating World Environment Day
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DISTRICT: JALPAIGURI ABOUT THE DISTRICT The district having total geographical area of 6245 sq. km. is situated in the northern part of West Bengal has international borders with Bhutan and Bagladesh in the North and South respectively and borders with Assam and Darjeeling hills in the East, West and Northwest. The entire topography is crisscrossed with rivulets, rivers and hills. The district is primarily rural with more than 80 % of rural population. It has also high percentage of SC/ST population. Relatively sizable population resides in Tea Gardens and Forest villages which are isolated and mostly inaccessible. The district is the gateway to the entire North-Eastern States and Bhutan. Having high percentage of migrated population different cultural groups (Ranjbanshi, Ravas, Totos, Metch, Santhals, Madasia and Oraons) have created a unique cultural harmony which is rarely seen in other districts of West Bengal.
Table 15: NGC Schools in different zones of Jalpaiguri District
Sl. No. Name of the Zones No. of participating
Schools
1 Jalpaiguri (Sadar) 19
2 Maynaguri 16
3 Rajgunj 09
4 Dhupguri 14
5 Mateli 03
6 Malbazar 12
7 Nagrakata 05
8 Banarhat 04
9 Falakata 15
10 Kalchini 07
11 Bhatibari 08
12 Alipurduar 16
13 Kumargram/ Kamakhyaguri -
14 Jalpaiguri Sadar (Dakshin) 14
15 Haldibari 08
Total 150
NGC PROGRAMME IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 150 schools in the district of Jalpaiguri. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities, such as, cleaning programmes, plantation, health awareness programmes and observation of important days related to environment. The different activities undertaken by the individual schools and the District Committee are tabulated below.
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Table 16: Activities of NGC schools of Jalpaiguri district
Name of Activity No of participating
schools
Eco-club Banner 150
Seminar/Talk 150
Field Visit 50
Plantation 110
Cleanliness & Beautification 150
Awareness by rallies 110
Survey 20
Wall magazine 80
Quiz Competition 110
Collection of Eco-news 25
Sit & Draw Competition 110
Medicinal Plant gardening 80
Making and installation of vat for garbage 100
Debate 50
Essay Competition 50
Nature Study Camp 30
Eco-club Board 60
Educational Tour 30
Eco-club Diary 100
Observation of important days 110
Participation in central programmes 150
Seminars The Eco-club student members participated in various seminars on contemporary environmental issues. Almost all of the 150 schools of the district participated in the different seminar sessions. Seminars were also held on the occasion of the celebration of important days related to environment.
Table 17: Seminars conducted by NGC schools of Jalpaiguri district
Event of Seminar No. of participating
schools
World Environment Day 150
Forest Week 111
World Health Day 50
Campaign against use of plastic carry bags 75
National Science Day 50
Awareness on HIV/AIDS 84
Disaster Management 61
Seminar on Biodiversity 100
Use of bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides in agriculture
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Medicinal plants cultivation, collection and uses
40
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Rally An important component of mass awareness campaign is rallies. All the 150 NGC schools of the district have participated in rallies organized on the occasion of important days related to environment and health.
Table 18: Rallies conducted by NGC schools
Event of Rally No of participating
schools
World Environment Day 140
Forest Week 100
World Health Day 21
Campaign against use of plastic carry bags 62
Disaster Management 28
PBVM Foundation Day 100
National Science Day 70
Awareness on HIV/ AIDS 50
Observation of important days Observation of important days related to environment is an important part of the extra-curricular activities of schools. The NGC schools of the district have participated in several such events, as tabulated below.
Table 18: Observation of important days by NGC schools
Name of Activity No. of participating
schools
National Animal Care & Welfare Fortnight
25
World Cancer Day 10
National Science Day 90
World Handicraft Day 10
World Water Day 25
World Health Day 50
Earth Day 25
Mental Health Week 10
International Biodiversity Day 20
Anti-Tobacco Day 20
World Environment Day 150
National Diabetic Day 15
Forest Week 110
Hiroshima Day 100
Nagasaki Day 80
Anti-Drug Day 15
Teachers' Day 100
National Disaster Management Day
80
Children's Day 20
PBVM Foundation Day 150
Anti-AIDS Day 60
Bhopal Disaster Day 10
Wetland Preservation Day 30
Anti-War day 50
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Other Activities
Table 19: Miscellaneous activities conducted by NGC schools district
Name of Activity No of participating schools
'Sekhar Ananda' Festivals at two venues 60
Sky Watch at four venues 100
Snake Show at two venues 50
'Prakriti Amader' Competitions and Disaster Management
100
Eco-club workshops at six venues 300 teachers of 150 NGC schools
Prize distribution ceremony Arranged centrally
NGC Activities in Jalpaiguri District : Photo Gallery
Discussion on aim and objectives of Eco-clubs Seminar on different Environmental Issues
Essay writing competition on Environmental Topics
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DISTRICT: KOLKATA ABOUT THE DISTRICT Kolkata is an administrative district of the West Bengal. It contains part of the city of Kolkata and also some parts of the districts of North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas making it the area is under the administration of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and thus its population exceeds 15 million. The city is well connected to the other cities of India through train, bus and air services. Most of the countries in Asia have flight links to this city.
Table 20: NGC Schools in different zones of Kolkata District
Sl. No. Name of the Zone No of participating
schools
1. Behala West 20
2. Behala East 20
3. Garden Reach-Metiabruz 26
4. Khidirpore-Taratala 20
5. Dhakuria 31
6. South East Kolkata 29
7. South West Kolkata 13
8. Maniktala 07
9. Beleghata 18
10. Central West 10
11. Central East 25
12. North Central 22
13. North East 20
14. North West 22
15. Cossipore Belgachia 33
16. Tollygunj 23
17. North Kolkata 11
Total 364
NGC PROGRAMME IN KOLKATA DISTRICT The NGC programme has been presently functioning in 364 schools in Kolkata. The student members of the Eco-clubs and teachers participated in various activities, such as science exhibition, observation of important days related to environment, campaign on conservation of natural resources and rational use of plastics, plantation programmes, etc.
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Maximum Eco-clubs participated in the following activities:
1. Seminars
2. Anti war slide shows & Rally
3. Campaign against using Plastic Carry Bags
4. School Cleaning & beautification of school bourdries
5. Tree Plantation & observation of Forest Week
6. Sit & Draw Competition
7. Nature Study Camp, Field Visit & excursion
8. Campaign for the use of iodized salt
9. Medicinal Plant Garden
10. Biodiversity Day Observation
11. Preparation of Wall Magazine
12. Survey Programmes
13. Health Awareness Programmes
14. Science Exhibition
15. Workshop-cum Review Meeting
16. Anti Littering Campaign
17. World Environment Day
18. “Nature Belongs to us” Competition
19. Cultural Programme
20. Observation of different days
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Workshop on National green Corps activities
A district level workshop cum review meeting was organized on 7th July 2010 at Moulali Yuva Kendra. The participants were trained on various aspects of environmental pollution Kolkata district Observed different Day, organized Workshops on wetland conservation were one of the prime components of the progarmmes.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Kolkata District
Cleanliness drive Sit and draw Competition
Plantation Programme Students participating in Awareness Rally
Nature Study Camp
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DISTRICT: MALDA ABOUT THE DISTRICT The gateway of North Bengal, Malda, once the capital of Gour-Banga with its 3456 sq. km. lay of the land classified into Tal, Diara, and Barind awaits the advent of tourists and people of archaeological interest with its wealth to be enjoyed and its huge potential to be explored. Malda District is situated between the 24°40’20”N to 25°32’08”N and 88°28’10”E to 87°45’50”E and surrounded by Bangladesh and South Dinajpur in the east, Santal Parganas of Jharkhand state in the west, Uttar Dinajpur in the north and Murshidabad in the south. Malda, the southern most of the North Bengal district is comprised within the Jalpaiguri Division. The district consist with two subdivisions, that is Sadar and Chanchal, and Englishbazar is the headquarter of the district as well as the Sadar subdivision.
Table 21: NGC schools of Malda district
Sl. No. Name of the Block No. of
participating Schools
Total No. of activities
1. Gazole 6 49
2. Manikchak 10 89
3. Bamongola 10 72
4. Ratua I 8 57
5. Ratua II 9 69
6. Old Malda 8 63
7. Kaliachak I 3 21
8. Kaliachak II 10 83
9. Kaliachak III 7 55
10. Habibpur 14 112
11. Englishbazar (Block) 3 22
12. Chanchal I 9 74
13. Chanchal II 13 97
14. Englishbazar (Town) 35 264
15. Harishchandrapur 3 23
16. Akondabaria 3 23
17. Amrity Unit 2 16
Total 153 1189
NGC PROGRAMME IN MALDA DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 153 schools in the district of Malda. These Eco-clubs were established in rural and urban areas of the district. About 15000 students, teachers, guardians and other local people were involved in the various activities held throughout the year. Eco-clubs participating in multifarious activities, mainly of five categories were organized:
a) Centrally organized programmes; b) Locally organized programmes; c) Both centrally and locally organized programmes; d) Study/surveys on environmental and socio-economic issues; and e) Motivation type programmes
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Table 22: NGC Activities of Malda district
Programmes
A. Centrally organized Programmes C Study/Survey
1 Celebration of Word Environment Day 1 Nature Study / Camp
2 Celebration of Earth Day 2 Biodiversity
3 Anti-plastic carry bag Campaign 3 Medicinal Plant
4 Hirosima Day 4 Pollution
5 Nagasaki Day 5 Literacy & Public Hygiene
6 National Science Day 6 Water Survey
7 Slide Shows on 30.11.10 7 Friend Insect & foe insect
8 'Save Environment' Memorandum 8 Tree Identification
9 District Eco-Conference 9 Agriculture
10 Celebration of PBVM Day 10 Smoking & Addiction
B Locally organized Programmes
1. National Science Day D. Other Programmes
2. Earth Day 1. Seminar/Meeting
3. Anti Tobacco Day 2. Competition on Ecology
4. World Environment Day 3. Preparing posters
5. Hiroshima Day 4. Cleaning the area
6. Nagasaki Day 5. Health Care Camp
7. Forest Week 6. Wall Magazine
8. Blood Donation camp 7. Anti Superstition Camp
9. Pulse Polio Assistance 8. Preserving Environment related News Paper Clippings 10. Workshop on Public Health
11. Celebration of PBVM Day 9. Krishi Paramarsha Kendra
12. Slide Lecture on cosmology 10. Street Corner Meetings
13. Seed germination camp 11. Guardian's meeting
14. Anti-Plastic carry bag Campaign 12. Slide show
15. Awareness camp on pollution
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Seminars and Workshops On 19.04.10 a seminar was organized on a relevant topic, like, 'Chemical Hub at Nayachar' at Malda Town Hall. Another two seminars were held on 30.5.10 on 'Derozio & his work on superstition' and on 11.07.10 on 'Solar eclipse'. All the Eco-club members including teachers , students and local people participated in such programmes.
On 12.12.10 a workshop for cancer was organized at Mada College Auditorium and on 11.07.10 there was another workshop on Solar eclipse at Sibram Bhawan of District Science Centre, where about 100 no.s of students and teachers participated.
Awareness Rally A number of rallies were organized including anti-war rally for spreading awareness regarding environmental matters, social issues etc. Thousands of Eco-club students, teachers and local people participated in those rallies. Celebration of Forest Week About 250 Eco-club members including teachers and students participated in a programme to celebrate Forest week on 17.07.10.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Malda District
Awareness Rally on World Environment Day
Science exhibition on Celebration of 150 years of Acharyya Jagadish Chandra Bose
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DISTRICT: MURSHIDABAD ABOUT THE DISTRICT Murshidabad district of West Bengal is spread over an area of 5324 sq. km. The district is a triangular tract of country, the apex being situated at north-western extremity. The district is separated from Malda by the river Ganges on its north. On the northern and eastern boundaries of the district, there lies the district of Malda, Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Nadia. On the south lie the districts of Burdwan and Nadia. The districts of Dumka and the district of Birbhum bound western part of the district Murshidabad. The river Ganges or the Padma forms the northern and the eastern boundaries of the district, separating it from Malda and Rajshahi; while the river Jalangi divides it from Nadia at its southern boundary for a considerable distance. Headquarters of this district is Berhampur. The city of Murshidabad (24°11'N, 88°19' E) is located on the southern bank of the Bhagirathi, a tributary of the Ganges River.
Table 23: NGC schools in different zones of Murshidabad district
Sl. No. Name of the zone No. of NGC schools/ No.
of Eco-clubs
1. Kandi 29
2. Beldanga 17
3. Bhagawangola 28
4. Behrampore 41
5. Raninagar 20
6. Raghunathgunj 25
7. Lalbagh 11
8. Jalangi 20
9. Jiyagunj 05
10. Nabagram 20
11. Sagardighi 10
12. Hariharpara 06
13. Shaktipur 04
Total 236
NGC PROGRAMME IN MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT The NGC programme has been presently functioning in 236 schools in Murshidabad district. The student members of the Eco-clubs and teachers participated in various activities, such as seminar, cleanliness drive, medicinal plant garden, survey, plantation programme etc. related to environment. The schools of this district have regularly documented the events undertaken by them by means of video recording, photography and maintenance of the Eco-club diary, which basically records the school activities.
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Table 24: NGC Activities in Murshidabad district
Activities No. of participating Eco-club
Seminar & Talks 200
Field Visits 120
Plantation Programmes 180
Cleanliness in school & locality 188
Medicinal plant gardening 114
Wall Magazine 142
Nature Study Camps 86
Eco-club Diary 195
Observation of important days: a. Anti war Day b. Wetland Day c. World Environment Day d. National Science Day e. World Health Day
105 98
186 182 178
Other Activities: a. Deputation against Pollution b. AIDS Day
131 24
Awareness Programmes: a. Health & Sanitation b. c. Global Warming d. Camp on total solar eclipse
146 268 108
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Observation of Important Days Rally, Padayatra, seminars, exhibitions and group meetings were organized with Posters, Banners, Placards in order to observe some of the important days related to environment. These include National Science Day (February 28), World Health Day (April 7), World Environment Day (June 5), World Wetland Day (June 16).
Plantation The Eco-club student members celebrated Forest Week (Aranya Saptaha) from July 14 to 20, 2010 in the district with much enthusiasm. On an average, 25 to 35 various saplings including medicinal plants were planted by the student members of the Eco-clubs.
Survey Surveys were carried out on various issues of present concern, including both fish and vegetable markets, sanitation to usage of low technology, which is conducive to environmental conservation.
School Cleaning Programme This a regular programme adopted by the Eco-clubs. A special activity was undertaken in which every NGC school of the district participated under the slogan 'Clean your own school'. As a follow up of this programme, bins and waste boxes were kept at the class rooms. The Eco-club student members clean these bins on regular basis.
Clean River initiative Eco-club members and teachers took active initiatives towards clean Ganga Convention programme. Leaflets were distributed as part of their activities to generate awareness among general people regarding prevention of Ganga pollution.
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Wall Magazine Some Eco-clubs took initiatives to prepare attractive wall magazines compiling different write-ups, slogans, sketches etc. related to nature and environment.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Murshidabad District
Cleanliness drive Students attending a Seminar
Students participating in Nature study camp Awareness Rally
Distribution of sapling among the students
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DISTRICT: NADIA ABOUT THE DISTRICT
The name of the district Nadia originates from 'Nabadwip', which means a new island that rose from the Ganga. The district, which is well known for Gouranga Mahaprabhu is situated between 22º53″ and 24º11″ North latitude and 88º09″ and 88º48″ East longitude and about 390027 Sq km. in area. Sanskrit teaching, earthen-sculpture etc. are well-known exercise of this district. Diversified agricultural activity is of high standard. There are four subdivisions and eight municipalities in the district. Krishnanagar, is the administrative headquarters of Nadia district.
Table 25: NGC Schools in different zones of Nadia district
Sl. No. Name of the Zones No of participating Schools
1 Kalyani 11
2 Gayeshpur 10
3 Haringhata 11
4 Chakdaha 29
5 Ranaghat West 13
6 Ranaghat East 9
7 Hanskhali 10
8 Taherpur / Badkulla
9 Krishanagar 35
10 Palashipara 7
11 Nabadwip 7
12 Chapra 18
13 Santipur 17
14 Kaliaganj 19
15 Nakashipara 11
16 Karimpur 6
Total 213
NGC PROGRAMME IN NADIA DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 213 schools in the district of Nadia. These schools are implementing the National Green Corps programme distributed in 16 zones of the district, as tabulated below. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities conducted by the individual schools, such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey and others.
Activities of NGC schools of Nadia District During 2010-11 the following activities were organized by various Eco-clubs of the district:
Workshop The District level workshop with the teacher-in-charges of 213 no.s Eco-clubs was organized at Satyapriya Bhavan, Krishnanagar on August 29, 2010. Eminent persons delivered valuable lectures during the workshop.
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Celebration of important days All schools of the district participated in programmes organized on the occasion of World Environment Day, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day, Science Day and Forest week, Wetland Day.
Seminar A number of seminars were organized in different schools on environmentally significant topics, like, Global warming, Biodiversity etc.
Eco-club competition & performance evaluation About 110 no.s of Eco-clubs participated in district level competition on different environmental issues.
Plantation A number of schools organized plantation programme during Forest week, i.e., 14-20 July 2010.
Nature Study Camp Some schools organized Nature study camp at Haringhata in Kalyani.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Nadia District
Plant identification programme Awareness Rally
Nature study camp Cleanliness drive
Wetland survey by school students
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DISTRICT: NORTH 24 PARGANAS
ABOUT THE DISTRICT Located between 23°15'2'' to 22°11'6''N and 89°5' to 88°20' E, the district of North 24 Parganas covers 4094 Sq. Km., which is almost 4.61 per cent of the state. The densely populated urban fringe of the metropolitan city of Calcutta with already built up city of Salt Lake and the up-coming New City at Rajarhat on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans on the other has made this district rich in all the activities. Agriculture, Industry and pisciculture are at their peak in the district.
Table 26: NGC Schools in different zones of North 24 parganas district
Sl. No. Name of the Zone No of Eco-clubs
1. Barrackpore North 54
2. Barrackpore North – I 25
3. Barrackpore South 36
4. Barrackpore South West 22
5. Dum Dum – I 25
6. Dum Dum 37
7. Barasat – I 62
8. Barasat – II 07
9. Habra 48
10. Rajarhat 24
11. Bonagaon 64
12. Basirhat 41
13. Swarupnagar Baduria 12
14. Haroa-Minakha 36
15. Sandeshkhali 31
16. Hasnabad-Hingalganj 16
Total 540
NGC PROGRAMME IN NORTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT
The NGC programme has been functioning in 540 schools in the district of North 24 Parganas. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities such as seminars, nature study camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey and others. The schools in the district are further grouped into five sub-divisions for the smooth functioning of the NGC programme namely, Bidhannagar, Barasat, Barrackpur, Bongaon and Basirhat.
Table 27: NGC Activities of North 24 Parganas district
Activities No. of participating schools
Seminar & Talks 540
Field Visits 175
Plantation Programmes 500
Cleanliness in school & locality 320
Awareness by rallies (Anti tobacco, anti war, Plastic) 210
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Activities No. of participating schools
Survey works on Biodiversity & health awareness 160
Medicinal plant gardening 120
Wall Magazine 110
Construction of vat for garbage 30
Eco-club Board 400
Nature Study Camps 40
Eco-club Diary 410
Observation of important days:
a. World Environment Day
b. World Health Day
c. National Science Day
d. Wetland Day
Anti war Day
e. Anti Drug Day
500
150
120
210
125
200
School level Competition: 'Prakriti Amader' 210
Other Activities:
a. Children's Science Festival
b. Deputation against Pollution
c. AIDS Day
90
120
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Awareness Programmes:
a. Health & Sanitation
b. Colored food & drink
c. Global Warming
d. Camp on total solar eclipse
150
60
310
220
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
Workshop A district-level workshop was organized at Barasat district office, on July 5, 2010. Representatives of the Eco-clubs actively participated in this workshop.
Special Programme on Total Solar eclipse Members of some Eco-clubs organized a camp on 22.7.10 at various places of the district to observe the astronomical event and also organized a campaign programme for common people to create awareness and fight against superstitions amongst them.
Relief Programme All the Eco-clubs of Sandeshkhali and Hasnabad-Hingalganj zone took part in relief camps for victims of AILA in Sundarbans.
Rain water harvesting All the Eco-clubs of Sandeshkhali and Hasnabad-Hingalganj zone organized various programmes on
Rain water harvesting and biodiversity survey in mangrove forest of Sundarban area.
Campaign Programmes Eco-clubs of Habra zone organized campaign programmes on restriction and unlawful practice of using plastic carry bags, use and cultivation of Guppy fishes in high drain passes in Habra town. apart from these, almost all the Eco-clubs of the district carried out seminars, rallies, nature study camps throughout the year to generate more awareness among local people.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in North 24 Parganas District
Students participating in Poster Display Competition Nature Study Camp
Street Play on differene Environmental Issues Awareness Rally
Sit and Draw competition on Environmental Issues
Cleanliness Drive Students participating in Seminar
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DISTRICT: PASCHIM MEDINIPORE
ABOUT THE DISTRICT Paschim Medinipur district has been carved from the erstwhile Midnapore district and came into existence
from 1st January 2002. The district is situated in the South Western side of West Bengal, bounded by Bankura and Purulia district in the North, Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts of Orrisa in the South, Hooghly and Purba Medinipur district in the East and Singhbhum district of Jharkhand and Purulia district of West Bengal in West having total geographical area of 9295.28 sq. km. and population of 5193411 as per census 2001. It consists of 4 Sub-divisions- Kharagpur, Midnapore, Jhargram and Ghatal, 27 Police Stations, 29 Blocks and 8 Municipalities.
Table 28: NGC schools in different zones of Paschim Medinipore district
Name of the zone No. of Eco Clubs No. of Members
Medinipore 73 6,135
Kharagpur 158 8,864
Jhargram 53 2,221
Ghatal 35 1,932
Total 319 19,152
NGC PROGRAME IN PASCHIM MEDINIPORE DISTRICT In the district of Pashchim Medinipur, 319 schools were involved in the NGC programme and 19,152 students were members of Eco-clubs of these schools. The Eco-clubs were found to be very enthusiastic about their activities.
Table 29: NGC Activities of Paschim Medinipore district
Name of the zones
Observation of World
Environment Day
Survey work
Nature Study
School Cleaning
programme
Observation of Forest Week
Other Activities
Medicinal Plant
Gardening
Best Eco-club activities
Medinipore 61 10 8 72 62 122 14 5
Kharagpur 143 12 39 181 123 189 18 16
Jhargram 22 7 1 21 12 34 6 3
Ghatal 29 11 8 28 31 37 5 8
Total 255 40 56 302 228 382 43 32
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ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS District level workshops 4 No.s of District level workshops were organized for 4 different zones of the district on 4 separate days. The schedule is as below:
Zone Date of Workshop Venue of Workshop
Kharagpur 19.6.10 Belda Ganganagar Academy, Belda
Ghatal 22.6.10 Ghatal Vidyasagar High School
Common Activities The student members of the Eco-clubs of the district were engaged in various activities conducted by the individual schools, such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies and survey. Other activities include nature study camps, seminar sessions, publication of wall magazines, camps on health awareness, etc.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Paschim Medinipore District
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DISTRICT: PURBA MEDINIPUR
ABOUT THE DISTRICT Purba Medinipore district was formed on January 1, 2002 after splitting of the previous Midnapore district into two parts, i.e., Paschim Medinipore and Purba Medinipore. The Purba Medinipore district has 4 sub-divisions: Tamluk, Contai, Egra and Haldia. The major Rivers of the district are- Rupnarayan, Haldi, Kangsabati, Chandia
Table 30: NGC Schools in different Zones of Purba Medinipore district
Sl. No. Name of Sub-division Total No. of schools Total No. of Eco-clubs
1. Kanthi 191 59
2. Egra 128 90
3. Tamluk 223 79
4. Haldia 123 58
Total 665 286
NGC PROGRAMME IN PURBA MEDINIPORE DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning by 286 Eco-clubs in different schools of the district. Some of the students members of the Eco-clubs of each school were engaged in various activities such as seminars, school cleaning programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies and other activities. The schools in the district were divided into five sub-divisions for the smooth functioning of the NGC programme namely Kanthi, Egra, Tamluk and Haldia.
Various activities undertaken by the schools
1. Seminar 2. Celebration of World Environment Day 3. Cleanliness drive 4. Plantation programme 5. Medicinal Plant Gardening 6. Survey work 7. Nature Study 8. Awareness generation programme 9. Awareness by rallies 10. Others 11. Celebration of World Environment Day
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Cleanliness Drive Almost all the Eco-clubs take up the initiatives for cleaning the school premises by student members 2-3 times or more every year. As part of this drive the students cleaned their class rooms, toilets and school fields and special emphasis was given both on personal and community hygiene.
Celebration of Forest Week (Aranya Saptaha) Forest Week (Aranya Saptaha) was celebrated from July 14 to 20, 2010 in the district with much enthusiasm. Various initiatives like, encouraging general people towards plantation on any type of waste-lands or barren lands, rallies, plantation programme, seminars etc. were undertaken by the Eco-club members during Forest week.
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Celebration of World Environment Day World Environment Day was celebrated on 5th June 2010 like previous years in the district with great interest. Different schools take up various activities, like, plantation programme, seminars, cleanliness drive, plastic cleaning around school premises, Talks, rallies etc. on this day.
Medicinal Plant Gardening Some of the Eco-clubs have started making medicinal plant garden within the school premises from this year.
Seminar All the Eco-club schools organized seminars on various environmental subjects including natural disaster.
Celebration of World Wetland Day Some schools celebrated Celebration of World Wetland Day on 16.6.10 through various activities.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Purba Medinipore District
Nature Study Camp
Cleanliness drive
Workshop on Environment Awareness Rally
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DISTRICT: PURULIA ABOUT THE DISTRICT Purulia is the westernmost district of West Bengal with all-India significance because of its tropical location, its shape as well as function like a funnel. It funnels not only the tropical monsoon current from the Bay to the subtropical parts of north-west India, but also acts as a gateway between the developed industrial belts of West Bengal and the hinterlands in Orissa, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarpradesh. Ajodhya Hill is not only a tourist spot but also an experimental growth center for cultivation of Tea. Oilseed milling, silk and cotton weaving, and cane work and shellac manufacture are the major industries. A dam across the Kasai near Purulia provides a reservoir, flood control, and irrigation for the area.
NGC PROGRAMME IN PURULIA DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 130 schools in the district of Purulia. The member students of the Eco-clubs are guided by some class representatives. The student members of the eco-clubs were engaged in various activities conducted by the individual schools, such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey and others.
Table 31: NGC Schools in different Blocks of Purulia District
Name of Block/ Municipality No of NGC schools
Arsha 5
Baghmundi 5
Balarampur 6
Bandwan 4
Barabazar 4
Hura 8
Joypur 5
Jhalda - I 5
Jhalda - II 5
Jhalda Municipality 2
Kashipur 12
Manbazar - I 7
Manbazar - II 5
Neturia 4
Para 10
Puncha 4
Purulia - I 4
Purulia - II 9
Purulia Municipality 12
Raghunathpur - I 4
Raghunathpur - II 4
Raghunathpur Municipality 2
Santuri 4
Total 130
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Table-32 : Various activities undertaken by the schools
Sl. No. Activities No. of
participating schools
1 Seminar 24
2 Cleanliness Drive 61
3 Gardening 38
4 World Environment Day 43
5 Forestry Week 74
6 Nature observation 19
7 Pollution Awareness 25
8 Fight for peace & harmony 30
9 Birthday of scientists 25
10 Cultural Activities 41
11 Survey Work 10
12 Health awareness programmes 24
13 Wetland Day 1
14 Others 25
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
Common activities of the Eco-clubs of the district include the following:
a) Rainwater harvesting campaign
b) Observance of significant days and weeks
c) Frequent cleanliness drives
d) Local surveys on the source and level of pollution, biodiversity, drinking water, wetland, etc
e) Plantation Programme and campaign against deforestation
f) Nature study Programmes
g) Campaign against use of plastic carry bags
h) Awareness rally
i) Cultural competition
j) Health check-up camps
k) District level Seminars & Workshops on various environmental matters
l) Sit & Draw Competition
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Purulia District
Cleanliness drive Medicinal Plant Garden
Plantation Programme Wetland Survey
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DISTRICT: SOUTH 24 PARGANAS
ABOUT THE DISTRICT South 24 Parganas is situated at the extreme south of West Bengal having the urban fringe of Kolkata on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sunderbans on the other. It has a population of 69,09,015 as per 2001 census. The main industries in this place are agriculture, pisciculture and forestry. Some of the places of interest in South 24 Parganas are Ganga Sagar, Bakkhali and Sundarbans, which is rich in large estuarine mangrove forest area and home to various wild animals including the famous Royal Bengal Tiger and crocodiles.
Table 33: NGC Schools in different Sub-divisions and zones of South 24 Parganas district
Sl. No. Name of the Sub-
division Name of the zone No. of Eco-clubs
1 Alipur Budge Budge 28
Bishnupur 22
Maheshtala 30
2 Baruipur Baruipur 19
Dakshin Barasat 19
Bhangor 10
Sonarpur 27
3 Canning Canning- I 31
Canning-II 08
4 Daimond Harbor Sarisha-Falta 34
5 Kakdwip Kakdwip 22
Sagar 18
Pathar 23
6 Added area Jadavpur 39
Total 330
NGC PROGRAMME IN SOUTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 330 schools in the district of South 24 Parganas. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities such as cleaning programmes, plantation, awareness rallies and other activities.
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Table 34: NGC Activities of South 24 Parganas district
Sl. No. Activities No of
participating schools
1 Seminar 288
2 Nature Camp 177
3 Field Visit 127
4 Plantation 330
5 Cleanliness Drive 330
6 Awareness rallies 330
7 Survey 216
8 Medicinal Plant Garden
287
9 Kitchen Garden 52
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Celebration of Sundarban Day All the Eco-club students and teachers took up a special programme to celebrate Sundarban Day on 21.8.10. During the programme the Eco-club students took part in procession holding up placards with various slogans. Aprt from this there were plantation programme, important lectures etc.
Eco-club Zonal Workshop Eco-club members took active initiative to organize workshops on various environmental subjects.
Wall Magazine Eco-club members published wall-magazine consisting of writings on various environmental issues, its suggested remedies etc. enhancing the students' awareness about the global environmental problems.
Nature Study Camp Some of the Eco-clubs organized Nature Study camps at different ecologically significant areas.
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Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in South 24 Parganas District
Plantation programme Awareness Rally
Sit and draw competition on Environmental Issues Nature Study Camp
District level Workshop
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DISTRICT: UTTAR DINAJPUR ABOUT THE DISTRICT On 1st April, 1992 the erstwhile West Dinajpur District was divided into Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur and since then both the districts came into existence on the map of West Bengal. Uttar
Dinajpur District lies between 25o11'N to 26o49'N
and 87o49'E to 90o00'E occupying an area of 3142 Sq. Km. enclosed by Bangladesh on the east, Bihar on the west, Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri District on the north and Malda District on the south. It is is well connected with the rest of the State through National Highways (NH-31 and NH-34), State Highways and Railways. The regional topography is generally flat with a gentle southerly slope towards which the main rivers like Kulik, Nagar, Mahananda etc flow. The District forms a part of the basin lying between Rajmahal hills on the East and is bestowed with a very fertile soil, which is very rich in nature due to the alluvial deposition which helps to grow paddy, jute, mesta, sugarcane etc. Raiganj on the bank of the River Kulik is the District Headquarter where 'Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary' the second largest bird sanctuary in Asia is situated.
NGC PROGRAMME OF UTTAR DINAJPUR DISTRICT The NGC programme has been functioning in 111 schools in the district of Uttar Dinajpur. The student members of the Eco-clubs were engaged in various activities, such as seminars, nature camps, cleanliness programmes, plantation programmes, awareness rallies, survey on environmental pollution and other activities like study of birds, sky watch, field study etc. Seminars were held on issues such as observation of World Environment Day, World Wetland Day and discussions on various environmental and social issues. The different activities undertaken by the individual schools of the district is tabulated below.
Table 35: Activities of NGC schools of Uttar Dinajpur district
Activities No. of participating schools
Jul-Sep'10 Oct-Dec'10 Jan-Mar'11
Seminar/ Talk 70 62 40
Field Study
Plantation Programme 72 58 43
Medicinal Plant Garden
Awareness by rallies 44 32 19
Other Events
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ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS Awareness Programmes Various awareness programmes like identification of birds and insects, preparing medicinal plant garden and nursing them, awareness rallies, cleanliness drive were the different modes of awareness programmes adopted the Eco-clubs of the district. Medicinal Plant Garden The Eco-club student members made medicinal plant gardens with rare plant varieties. In this way, the conservation of biodiversity was also made by the students. The teachers-in-charge helped the students by providing with basic scientific details and know-hows on these plants.
Photo Gallery of NGC Activities in Uttar Dinajpur District
Plantation programme
Sit and draw competition on Environmental Issues Nature Study Camp
Village Survey District level Workshop
