times news networkkolkatawith the pandemic impacting all largescale social mobilization activities to raise awareness on vectorborne diseases especially around antimalaria month june and antidengue month july in the year 2020 state officials of the national vector borne disease control organized a virtual statewide painting competition to prevent the spread of vbds on the theme amar gram ba parake patangobahito rogmukto kora amaro dayitwo ie ill make my neighbourhood free from vector borne diseases this unique social mobilization initiative was highly praised at the national level3135 people across all age groups in the state participated in the competition 1832 paintings qualified under five vector borne diseases categories of malaria dengue kalaazar japanese encephalitis and lymphatic filariasis an expert panel selected 17 winners and all participants received a digital certificate of appreciationon monday prizes to the winners were distributed at swasthya bhawan in the event was organized by the department of health family welfare govt of west bengal inaugurated by narayan swaroop nigam secretary department of health family welfare eminent dignitaries saumitra mohan mission director national health mission and ajay chakraborty director of health services government of west bengal attended this event