The Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar organised a rally “Rotary Skatathon” with a theme "Rebuilding Bhubaneswar-Plant Trees" on Saturday. It was part of the campaign for rebuilding the city to recover from the devastating impact of Cyclone Fani on its greenery.
This Skatathon was flagged off by Samarth Verma, Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation at Sikharchandi, which witnessed participation of children and youths. Among others, Pranabindu Acharya, Additional DGP (Railways & Coastal Security), Rtn DN Padhi, PDG, Rtn Debashish Mishra, DGE and Rtn Saumya Ranjan Mishra, DGN were guests. Rtn Tanmay Mohanty, President, Rtn Anshuman Rath, Chairman, Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar and many other key Rotarians were present.
The rally covered a distance of around 12 km from Sikharchandi to the Rotary Bhawan spreading a message Rebuilding Bhubaneswar by planting trees. A meeting held at the Rotary Bhawan. The dignitaries presented a sapling to each of the parents of the children who participated in the Skatathon.
Verma applauded such efforts made by the club and appealed to the people, various organisations, students and parents to help for a speedy recovery of Bhubaneswar with massive plantation drives.
The Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar takes pride in projects like modernization of Capital Hospital and Municipality Hospital Blood Bank. The club has also undertaken projects like Asha, ROPARS as part of long term sustainable community development programmes. It has adopted village Kalapita under Bhagabatipur-II GP of Kantabada block in Khordha district and provided toilets to the households, free health facilities and health cards to all the villagers.