The Paradip Ladies’ Club, for the purpose of inculcating the spirit of social activism among the denizens of the port town, organised a blood donation camp at its office premises on Sunday.
Chief guest PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy inaugurated the event. Guest of honour A Kaushik, DIG, Coast Guard, Basant Kumar Biswal, Chairman, Paradip Municipality, Subhalaxmi Roy, president, Paradip Ladies’ Club, Kalpana Sahu, secretary, SK Sahu, PPT FA & CAO, Bimal Kumar Jha, PPT Secretary and Dr P Panda, CMO, PPT Hospital, were among those present.
Members of the Paradip Banika Sangha, students of the Orissa Maritime Academy, NCC Cadets from Paradip College and Gopabandhu Kreeda Sansad, volunteers from the Paradip Sakshyarata Samiti, CISF and Coast Guard units of Paradip donated blood. Assisted by the staffs of Red Cross Wing, Jagatsinghpur, around 200 units of blood were collected.