The Jindal Steel & Power ltd (JSPl) organised a series of sustainable social welfare activities to mark the 85th birth anniversary of Om Prakash Jindal, founder of the OP Jindal Group.
Angul district Collector Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav inaugurated a ‘textbook distribution to children of jail inmates’ programme at the Angul Jail. He handed over textbook sets in the presence of Angul land Acquisition Officer Durga Choudhury, Angul Municipality Chairman Akshaya Samanta and executive director and location head of JSPl, Angul DK Saraogi.
Textbooks would be given to kids of 1,905 inmates in all 55 jails of the State.
A football contest called OP Jindal Angul Cup Football tournament was also held at the Angul Stadium. Angul Sub-Collector PK Das inaugurated the tournament in the presence of TAMDA president SP Patnaik, District Sports Officer MK Sahu and Angul Sub-Division Athletic Association secretary Nilamani Rout. A total of 12 teams from Angul, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are participating in the State-level tournament which will conclude on Aug 17.
The OP Jindal Rural Scholarship for the year 2014-15 was also announced which 100 meritorious students from Chendipada and Banarpal blocks would get.
Besides, a mega blood donation camp was also organised on the occasion where 236 units of blood were collected. In another camp at Tensa, 31 blood units were collected.
Jindal Mahila Samiti (JMS) Sujata Saraogi president paid floral tribute to late Jindal. Many philanthropist programmes were organised at various places, including Bhubaneswar.