Republic Day was celebrated with fervour in the State capital and other parts of Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
Governor Anandiben Patel on Friday hoisted the National flag at the Raj Bhawan premises on Republic Day at 8 a.m. After the flag hoisting, the Governor took the salute of the Police parade. She planted a Peepal sapling at the Raj Bhawan garden on the occasion.
Patel extended greetings to all officials and employees of Raj Bhawan and children on the occasion of Republic Day and distributed sweets. Prominent among those present during the prestigious flag hoisting programme were Principal Secretary to the Governor M Mohanrao and other senior officials.
PR Minister
Public Relations, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narottam Mishra hoisted the national flag at District Headquarters Datia on the occasion of Republic Day, took salute of the parade and read out Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s R-Day message to the people of the state. The PR Minister extended greetings to the people of the district on Republic Day.
Mishra dedicated the newly constructed Collectorate building to Datia on Republic Day. This building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 20.28 crores on NH no. 75 Gwalior Road in Datia.
NHDC
Republic Day celebration was organised at NHDC Headquarters, Bhopal with the fervour and great enthusiasm. On this occasion, Mohd AG Ansari, Managing Director and Chief Executive Director hoisted the National flag followed by National Anthem.
In his address, Md Ansari mentioned the characteristics of Indian Constitution and paid rich tribute to freedom fighters, who sacrificed their lives for the country. In his remarks, Ansari exhorted the employees to work hard and contribute towards development of the Nation. NHDC has touched many heights during its previous years and has set records in the field of hydro power generation in the state. He requested all the officials to unite and work together with complete loyalty and perseverance like before, and look forward to the new challenges of the future. NHDC officials along with their families were also present in large numbers. On this occasion, the songs and dance of patriotism presented by local artists made enchanted all present spectators.
Akashwani, Bhopal
Republic Day was celebrated with patriotic fervour at Akashvani Bhopal.
The tricolour was unfurled at the office premises by Dharmendra Shrivastava, head of office in presence of AIR staff-member. It was followed by singing of National Anthem and patriotic songs. SP Singh, Head of programmes, KP Singh, In-charge CBS, Rajesh Vanjani , Sr AO and MK Pandey were present among other members of the Akashvani Parivar.
Energy department
Under ‘Sehaj Bijli Har Ghar-Saubhagya Yojana’ around 40 lakh houses would be provided with electricity connections which are yet to receive power; industries have been provided with 24 hours of electricity and agriculture users have been provided with 10 hours of power, said Principal Secretary Energy IPC Keshari.
In the current financial year the peak demand of 12240 MW has been fulfilled.
The generating, transmission, distribution and management by the employees of the companies and better management have made the target achievable.
Indore, Neemuch and Mandsaur have achieved targets under ‘Sehaj Bijli Har Ghar-Saubhagya Yojana’ and Superintendent Engineers of these regions would be felicitated by Governor in the State capital.