Amrutha Varshini Vidyalaya, Kumarapatnam, won the Orange prize and was declared among the top 20 schools across the district of Haveri in embracing nature in its environs. 

Across 1495 schools in the district, our school was one among the 20 schools that were declared environment friendly. As a measure of environment friendliness, the Pollution Control Board (PCB, Haveri) had asked each school to submit a self assessment across 6 topics namely

1. Soil
   
2. Water
   
3. Environment
   
4. Energy
   
5. Air
   
6. Health and Hygiene
   

back in the month of January.

This was followed by a team of experts from the PCB who visited each of the schools who had submitted the self assessments to grade them. 

At the school level, a team of 10 student representatives and 2 teachers was formed to take the lead in conceiving and implementing nature conservation projects. Named 'Akash Ganga', it was under the banner of this team that we undertook the Tungabhadra River Bank cleaning project.  Smt. Katyayani Rao, one of the trustees and an ardent environment lover, is guiding the team.

The students of classes 4,5 and 6, Amrutha Varshini Vidyalaya, Kumarapatnam, Haveri District, engaged themselves in cleaning the banks of River Tungabhadra on 5th Feb 2014. About 150 students dedicated an hour to get rid of waste cloth, plastic, paper, glass and earthen pots that littered the banks of River Tungabhadra, ensuring visitors get clean spaces to enjoy the riverside. The exercise also involved teachers providing guidance to the  students on the need to spread awareness against littering among their neighbours and friends.