The Brahmaputra Board organized a painting and essay writing competition in Cotton University.
The competition has been organized following the event of ‘Brahmaputra Utsav 2021’.
Painting and essay competition
The theme of the competition is “Celebrating Brahmaputra”.
The competition was held at Cotton University on 20th December from 11:30 am onwards.
The essay competition will be both in English and Assamese language.
The Prize for the winners will be:-
First Prize- 5000 rupees
Second Prize- 4000 rupees
Third Prize- 3000 rupees
Consolation- 1000 rupees
The Brahmaputra Board
The Brahmaputra Board was set up under the Ministry of Irrigation by the Government of India under an Act of Parliament called ‘The Brahmaputra Board Act, 1980 (46 of 1980).’
It was set up for planning and integrated implementation of measures for the control of floods and bank erosion in the Brahmaputra Valley and also for other concerned matters related with it.
The Board office started functioning with Headquarters at Guwahati with effect from 11th January 1982.
The Hon’ble Prime Minister during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ urged the people to celebrate at least one river festival in a year.
In response to it the “Brahmaputra Utsav” is being organized by Brahmaputra Board with a motive to promote stakeholder engagement and ensure public participation.
It will also help in highlighting the significance of river Brahmaputra at river banks near Pasighat, Dibrugrah, Majuli, Kaliabor and Guwahati from 16th to 22nd December 2021.
The hope behind this initiative is also that people will learn to respect rivers and will encourage them to conserve and protect rivers.
