City-based Biju Patnaik Senior Citizen Forum held its first meeting of the New Year at the Utkal Ashram here on Saturday.
Members mourned the deaths of people in the Hirakhand Express train accident recently. While Rasa Bihari Das presided over the meeting, general secretary Dinabandhu Shri Pallab read out annual report. Treasurer Bhishmacharya Choudhury presented budget.
Vice-president Radha Charan Nayak, advisor Er KB Patro, Manmath Padhi, working president Dr Rabi Narayan Mishra and legal advisor Banshidar Pal shared the dais. Birthday of a host of members who have born in January was observed with chanting of Maha Mrutyunjay Mantr,cutting of cakes and sweet distribution.
The members lamented that the city hospital is not providing proper service to them. Besides, they too expressed unhappiness that the BMC is not providing TV, carom, chess and water filter to the recreation centre despite an order of the district Collector.
The programme concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by Simanchal Prasad Bisoyi.