Large participation in State level Painting Competition in city

Shillong: The 7th State Level Painting Competition under the theme ‘Save Water, Save Earth’ was organised by the Central Ground Water Board, State Unit Office, Shillong on Saturday at All Saint’s Hall, IGP in the city.
It may be mentioned that the School Level Painting Competition was open for students of classes VI, VII and VIII standard and was conducted by various schools of the State during the month of October-November where a total of 4612 students from 121 schools from all over the State participated in the competition.
50 best paintings were selected and the chosen students were called to compete in the State Level Painting Competition. The winner at the State level will be competing at the National level competition to be held at New Delhi.
Deepanjali Das of St. Margaret Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Soumishta Das of Kendriya Vidyalaya, EAC Upper Shillong and Harydson Kharmawphlang of Eden Academy School, Shillong bagged the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes respectively.
Chief Engineer, Central Water Commission (CWC), P. M. Scott graced the prize distribution ceremony as chief guest while G. C. Saha, Adviser, Meghalaya Water Development Agency attended as the guest of honour.