Governor Prof Dr Ganeshi Lal on Wednesday visited Kendrapada Township to attend the 138th Birth Anniversary of martyr Ananda Chandra Jena. He paid flower tribute to the statue of martyr-cum-revolutionary poet Ananda Chandra in Khadianga-Ranpada road. Later, the Governor attended a meeting at the Kendrapada Town Hall organised by the Biplabi Ananda Chandra Jena Smruti Committee to mark the occasion.
Later, Dr Lal released a book “Agniputra Biplabi Ananda Chandra” written by Niranjan Mekap. Renowned journalist, Ambika Prasad Das, who is the president of the Smruti Committee, presided. The Governor later felicitated 10 meritorious students too. He went to Sibanand Ashram at Garapur to interact with Baladevjew Mission Shakti Mahasangha and also visited a blind school at Kahala and interacted with the students.