The 75th Independence Day was celebrated with much vigour in various places of Ganjam district.
While Steel and Mines Minister Prafula Kumar Mallik hoisted the national flag and received salute at the district headquarters Chhatrapur, various social and civil society organisations and institutions conducted flag hoisting in their premises.
Mallik recalled the rich contributions of Ganjam in India’s freedom movement. At the call by Gandhiji, two great Ganjam patriots Arjun Behera and Nandakishore Mishra had left their studies to join the independence movement. Leading NGO PREM celebrated the day with its president Dr Jacob Thundyil empathising on environmental awareness. The day was also organised by the Nabeen Pathagar and Sahitya Pratisthan, the Gandhi, Gopabandhu and Biju Ashram at Aska Road, the Ganjam Zilla Baristha Kalakar Sangh, the Kala O’ Kalakar Heteishi Mahamanch and the Odisha Development Forum (ODF).
Members of various voluntary organissations also took out a motorcycle rally with national flags and laid wreaths at the Gandhi statue at Gandhi Nagar. Leading socio-cultural organisations San & Niel Foundation received appreciation from district administration for its philanthropic works.