KOLKATA: On the occasion of World Nature Conservation Day, children from leading city schools wrote and displayed letters and paintings at an art exhibition requesting the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, to promote “Cycling and Clean Air” at the Press Club in Kolkata on Wednesday.
The German consul-general in Kolkata, Manfred Auster, inaugurated the exhibition which was organized by SwitchON Foundation, in the presence of principals, teachers and children from different schools.
Ten city schools which included Calcutta International School, Gokhale Memorial Girls School, Sri Sri Academy, The Heritage School, The BSS School and Sushila Birla Girls' School participated in the event.
“Bicycles can change our world. There should be more of them on the roads,” said Maheka Mondal, of Class VI, Shri Shikshayatan School.
