Spirit of love ruled the Valentine’s day on Sunday across the holy city with people celebrating it in different ways.
While seniors were seen paying visit to each others’ homes as a gesture of love, youngsters were looking for secluded places to express their love.
The Press club of Haridwar celebrated the Valentine day in a unique way making it a social event. Mela Adhikari and IG Ardh Kumbh mela inaugurated the blood donation camp in the morning and it lasted till 4 in the evening.
For the first time in the history of Haridwar a blood donation camp was organized to mark the Valentine day. Tremendous enthusiasm was seen amongst the visitors to the club and by the end of the day 85 units of blood was collected by the Press club.
People from all walks of life – educationists, doctors, engineers, media persons and their family members, politicians, priests, Ganga sabha members and other social organizations visited the camp. A ten member team of doctors and staff from Zila Hospital under the leadership of Dr. S N Khan was engaged in the blood collection.
Speaking to the Pioneer, president of Press Club P S Chauhan said, “It is for the first time that the Press club organized the love-struck day in a unique noble way. We shall make it an annual event. People from Business community and social organizations showed interest in our activity, even the women of media personnel took the lead to come forward in the societal cause.”
Secretary of club Shravan Jha said that it was a team effort and everyone came forward to assist in the camp organization in a big way. “A father and a son duo donated in our camp which showed the supporting spirit of the donors.”
The donors were cheered with hot creamy milk in earthen pots and fruits and eatables. They were given certificates and a back pack by the organizers. Notably Professor of SMJN college Sunil Batra also donated blood.