Under the Jagriti Pariyojana, the Bharat Aluminium Company limited (Balco) held a workshop at Panchwati Resthouse at Korba. Several administrative officers, doctors, social organisations, legal experts, and CSEB officers participated in the workshop.
Citizens expressed their views on the subject “The present situation of HIV/AIDS in Korba and collective effort for minimising its spread.” Execution of Project Jagriti has been done by voluntary organisation ‘Strot’.
Inaugurating the workshop, head of aluminium operation Deepak Prasad said that “united we should work for creating awareness about AIDS and its control.”
A work-plan should be prepared for control of HIV/AIDS, collectively by different institutions. He said that the workshop was important in view of awareness.
The community relations head of Balco BK Shrivastava, CMO Korba Dr PR Kumbhkar, district AIDS Control Society nodal officer BR Ratre, Ram Singh Agrawal of Chamber of Commerce, office-bearer of Truck Owners Union Arun Sharma, Scouts officer Surendra Soni, SP Barle of CSEB and Advocates’ Union president lN Agrawal were prominently present in the workshop.
Assistant Manager of Balco Community Development Department Kanchan Nagosiya informed about the achievements of Jagriti Pariyojana. Head of Chhattisgarh AIDS Control Society Sarvat Hussain Naqvi informed the citizens about the situation of HIV/AIDS in Chhattisgarh, Indian and the World. President of voluntary organisation ‘Strot’ Dikson Masih informed about the objective of the programme.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Assistant General Manager of Balco Community Development Department.