The debate was organized in two groups of junior and senior students.

 Yajushi and Geetanjali got the first prizes, Ankita and Hina got the second prizes and Rashmi and Yamini got the third prizes.

 While addressing the function the newly appointed Sanitation and Food inspector of the Vrindavan Municipality said the polythene bags are one of the challenges for him which he is facing in his job. He urged that people should not use the polythene bags and if they use it they should be careful before throwing. It chokes the drainage and sewerage system, which results in the sewerage overflowing on the streets.

 Dr. Vimla Pandey from the Mahila Adhyatma Samiti said that the women should take the battle against the polythene bags from their kitchens. They shouldn’t accept the food products for their kitchen in polythene bags.

 Prominent social worker and the President of the Brahman Mahasabha Pandit Bihari Lal Bashishtha said that ‘Hindus considers cow as their mother and each year many cows dye of eating the polythene bags. He said that the polythene diminishes the fertility of the soil.

Pushpa Lata Singh, Principal of the school said that her school will participate in every ecological programme organized by Friends of Vrindavan and she will happy working with FoV making the school as Eco Model School.

Jagannath Poddar, Director of Friends of Vrindavan insisted that each school should make the environment education compulsory in their courses.

The programme was coordinated by Shri Ballabh Sharma and Nagendra Kaushik gave the vote of thanks to the guests and students.