GUWAHATI: At exactly 5 pm on Sunday, the crowd around two of the city's key structures - the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre at Pan Bazaar and the Clock Tower at Last Gate, Dispur - came to a standstill as the structures got draped in blue light.
These lighted structures became a site for public attraction in no time. Special occasions deserve special celebrations and these attractive lighted decorations of the structures were carried out on the special occasion of World Children's Day on November 20.
"When it comes to children's rights, there's only one team. This World Children's Day and every day, let's come together For Every Child", read a tweet by UNICEF India.
This is why the 150 years old, historic British-era DC's bungalow which is now the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre and the Clock Tower at Last Gate dazzled in blue, informed a press release.
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Going blue on World Children's Day is representative of UNICEF's mandate to stand for the rights of every child and this year the 'Go Blue' lighting in Guwahati was carried out as part of an event organized by the Cotton University, Assam in close collaboration with UNICEF Assam to reaffirm the joint commitment to re-imaging a better world for every child.
The inauguration of the lighting this year was done by Dr Abhijit Borthakur, Head of the Department, Department of Mass Communication, Journalism and Media Studies, Cotton University, Guwahati.
Addressing the gathering, Borthakur expressed gratitude to UNICEF Assam and Cotton University for the initiative. He switched on the lights, all blue, to mark the occasion.
Dr Sayanika Dutta, Assistant Professor of the Department, also addressed the gathering. She spoke about the significance of the occasion and extended wishes on World Children's Day 2022.
Previously, Guwahati's Gandhi Mandap was dressed in blue in the year 2020 for the same occasion where children of the State also presented the Chief Minister of Assam with a manifesto, while student Vandana Urang took over the Chief Minister's Twitter handle for the day.
World Children's Day is UNICEF's global day of action for children, by children, marking the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20 in 1989. From the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata to the Qutub Minar in Delhi, Sun Temple in Konark to the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, different structures have earlier been lit in blue on this very occasion.
Additionally, Cotton University with support from UNICEF Assam and DIPR, Assam has offered media fellowships to ten mediapersons from Assam in an effort to train them on reporting on child rights and bring children issues to the mainstream focus of media narratives in Assam.
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