Science Express on climate action to remain open from May 9

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Bhubaneswar, May 4: Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAC),
an Exhibition on Wheel Train to perform exhibition at four stations, Bhadrak,
Puri, Chhatrapur and Kottavalasa over East Coast Railway (ECoR) jurisdiction to
create awareness among various sections of society, especially students,
teachers and general public about the climate change and similar issues.
This Science Express Exhibition Special Train mounted on a
customised 16 coach AC Train is an initiative of Department of Science &
Technology, Govt. of India in collaboration with other Ministries like Ministry
of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC); Department of
Bio-technology and Ministry of Railways and has been designed by Vikram A
Sarabhai Community Science Centre.
The exhibition will convey a message about Climate Change and
will also be a good opportunity to generate dialogue and discussion. The
state-of-the-art exhibition on board the SECAS aims to create awareness among
various sections of society as to how climate change can be combated through
mitigation and adaptation. Of the 16 coaches of SECAS, exhibition in 8 coaches
developed by MoEFCC, is exclusively devoted to information, case studies and
material related to various aspect of Climate change, the underlying science,
impacts, adaptation activities, mitigation solutions and policy approaches in a
manner that is easy to understand and interesting for not just school students
but also the masses.
The Exhibition Train has been designed to make people aware
of implications of global warming and climate change and will have stoppages
and will open to public at Bhadrak Railway Station from May 9 to 12 (except
10th May as holiday), Puri from May 13 to 16, Chhatrapur from May 17 to 19 and
at Kottavalasa from May 20 to 23 in ECoR jurisdiction. The timings of the
exhibition will be from 10 am to 6 pm on the nominated days.

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