Students of ‘Aakanksh’ ~ the drama club of IIT Bhubaneswar ~ staged a Nukkad Natak at the BMC Bhawani Mall in the city in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Bhubaneswar Urban Knowledge Centre (BUKC) of BDA here on prevention of cancer.
The students made announcements and raised various slogans during the performance propagating awareness messages on prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. Apart from spreading awareness on prevention of the deadly disease and the danger of tobacco which is one of the major causes of it, the Nukkad Natak attempted at creating awareness on the plight of elderly parents in the city who are often at the receiving end due to negligence of children.
One part of the street play was based on the story of an ungrateful son who didn’t care towards his elderly parents, especially cancer ridden father, who had done everything to make him a successful person. Abhikrit Rajput, a student and member of Film and Theatre Society of IIT Bhubaneswar, Sristy Tripathy, Suranjeeta Sengupta, Neha Sharma, Nayonika Mahapatra, Pushpak Hota and Sambit Sourav performed the street play.
It may be noted that, as part of citizen-led outreach initiatives BUKC of BDA with support from Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has been organising several awareness campaigns in collaboration with students groups from leading educational institutions and volunteer groups. Recently medicos from AIIMS Bhubaneswar staged a flash mob performance on ‘Road Safety’in collaboration with the authority.