A grand felicitation was extended by the villagers as well as several others outfits to Debashis Das, the first Chess Grand Master (GM) of the State, on his visit to native village Champeswar under Naugaon block of the district.
On his arrival, Debashis was hailed by hundreds of people at Naugaon headquarters before being taken to his native place in a motor cycle rally. After that, Champeswar Youth Club organized a civic reception for the chess icon where local MlA Bishnu Das, Zilla Parishad president DD Mohanty, BDO PC Jena ad ZP member Elina Das were also present.
Acknowledging the warm reception, Debashis said that he feels proud to be a son of the soil and he will try his level best to earn more laurels for the district as well as the State in future.