After holding a two-day mega blood donation camp, the Eastern India Oil Refinery Workers’ Union (EIORWU) undertook various activities to commemorate the 103rd birthday of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik here on Tuesday.
From the blood donation camp held on Sunday and Monday, as many as 5,034 units of blood were collected.
On the birthday, EIORWU members gave Tila Tarpan by taking bath in the sea and worshipped to god and goddesses with lighting lamps and offering prayers. Then, they garlanded the statues of the legendary at Rahama, Kujang and Paradip.
Members also distributed fruits, clothes and sweets among Balijhara Old Age Home inmates and patients of the Kujang and Paradip Government hospitals.
Later in the day, a commemorative meeting at the EIORWU office premises under the chairmanship of its president Santosh Kumar Pattnaik. General secretary Padma Lochan Dash delivered the welcome address.Working president Dillip Kumar Behera, vice-president Manindra Guru, assistant secretary Niranjan Nayak, Paradip Land Losers and Affected Farmers Association president Chinmaya Das, secretary Trailokya Samantaray, assistant secretary Mihirkant Sahoo discussed about life and achievement of Bijubabu. Among others, Arup Pattnaik, Pradip Dalai, Jatin Mallick, Tarun Bera and Prasanta Swain coordinated the whole programme.