In observance of the golden jubilee of World Environment Day, Rosatom State Corporation of Russia in association with the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) conducted a 3 – day long (5-7 June) public awareness campaign at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant construction region in the district of Pabna, a press release said on Thursday.
The campaign included mass awareness activities, educational sessions, voluntary clean-up drives by local students, and an exhibition of monsters made of used plastic bottles and bags among others.
Md Moniruzzaman, deputy manager of Rooppur NPP, Khondakar Arifuzzaman, Associate Professor of Geography and Environment at the Pabna University of Science and Technology also shared their valuable opinions at the conference.
Clean-up programs were arranged at the Pabna University of Science and Technology by its students. The students then participated in several open-air educational workshops for the local people and Rooppur NPP staff at the Rooppur circle. The students and local volunteers took part in a cleaning program in the adjacent areas.
The festival ended with a tour of the Adnan PSF Industries (plastic recycling factory) at Ishwardi EPZ on 7 June for the local students. They were briefed on the benefits of plastic recycling for the environment and of nuclear energy in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
