The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) celebrated the 125th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar on Thursday with many eminent personalities attending the programme.
Former local MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai and PPT Secretary UR Mohan Raju, FA &CAO SK Sahu, Deputy Conservator Capt GP Biswal, senior officers and employees, representatives of trade unions and members of the PPT SC & ST Welfare Associations offered floral tributes at the Ambedkar statue in the morning.
To mark the occasion, a meeting was organised at the Jayadev Sadan premises of the port in the evening.
Bibhu Prasad Tarai, attending the function as chief guest, narrated the relevance of the thoughts of Dr Ambedkar in the prevailing social and economic conditions of India. Dr Pabitra Mohan Nayak, Director, BalmikI Ramayan Project, Tirupati, attending as chief speaker, gave a vivid account of the life and works of Dr Ambedkar describing him to be a crusader for the downtrodden and deprived in the country.
Prizes were given to the winners of the debate competition held on this occasion among school students.