Essay writing competition on renewable energy

October 4 - Taking a new initiative for popularization ofenergy conservation among school children, the Haryana RenewableEnergy Development Agency (HAREDA) has decided to conduct an EssayWriting Competition for the students of 6th to 8th standard of the State. The topic for the Essay is "EnergyConservation –Need of the Hour".Giving this information, Director HAREDA, Mrs Sumita Misra, saidthat the Department of Renewable Energy, was the State DesignatedAgency for implementation of the Energy Conservation Act 2001 andother related programmes. It had been felt that there was a great needfor creation of mass awareness among the public on this vital issue.HAREDA had undertaken a massive awareness campaign to promote energyconservation in the State. As a part of it, an essay writingcompetition would be organized this year for the students at thedistrict and state level. The aim of competition was to motivate thechildren towards energy conservation and to offer them a chance toexpress their ideas on energy conservation.Mrs Misra said that schools all across the state would organize thecompetition at their own level and then forward the best two entriesto the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of their respectivedistrict by October 21, 2008. The students would have to write anessay of about 500 words in two hours. The ADC office would evaluatethese entries and select best five entries for district level awardsand send the same to HAREDA by November 5, 2008. HAREDA would selectbest 50 entries for State level competition and these students wouldbe invited to Panchkula for writing the essays on a related topic onNovember 25. The students would be paid Rs.500 each to meet theirtraveling expenses.Giving details of the prizes, she said that at district level, thefirst prize carries a cash prize of Rs. 1500, second prize Rs. 1000,third prize Rs. 750 and two consolation prizes of Rs. 500 each. Theseprizes would be given in the District Level Energy Conservation DayFunctions. For the state level competition, first prize of Rs.21,000,second prize of Rs.15,000, third prize of Rs.10,000 and tenconsolation prizes of Rs.2000 each would be given. These prizes wouldbe given in the State Level Energy Conservation Day Function to beorganized in December, 2008 by HAREDA.She called upon all the school authorities in the State to activelyparticipate in the Essay Writing Competition and send their two bestentries to the ADC of their district.