As many as 24 persons donated blood at a camp held at Khariar on Thursday.
Organised by the Nuapada police with active cooperation from the Ama Police Samiti and the Khariar Senior Citizens' Forum, the camp was held on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. A meeting was also held on the occasion which was presided over by Major Dr Ramachandra Mishra with district SP Rahul Jain as chief guest. Members of different social forums and NGOs like Women SHGs, Senior Citizens' Forum, Khariar Chambers of Commerce and mediapersons participated in the camp.
Dolamohan Singh Babu, secretary.
Senior Citizens' Forum, highlighted the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Other speakers were Dr Fanindam Deo, former Principal, Khariar College, Shreekant Chatterjee, former IRS officer, advocate Rameswar Agrawal, Jitendra Pattnaik, artist Rasmiranjan Chalan, journalist Ajit Panda and Dr Padmalochan Barma.
Staffs of the blood bank unit of District Headquarters Hospital collected blood.