Citizens can transform the state of affairs in the country by making small yet meaningful individual contributions. Such acts can considerably ease the burden on the Government resources and fund crunch, said Governor Dr SC Jamir here on Thursday.
Inaugurating the State-level Convention ‘Action-200: Repositioning For Future’, organised by the Odisha Catholic Health Association (OCHA) at the Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB), the Governor said the blueprint for Action-2020 has to have a concrete three-stage planning; thinking, planning and implementing.
He further said, “new knowledge creation, research and innovation should aim at massive creation of infrastructure to improve the standard of living of citizens, whereas the safety part should involve all the citizenry with everyone making small but useful contributions like planting a tree or rushing an accident victim to a nearby hospital, etc.
Among others, Director General of CHAI Father Dr Tomi Thomas, Chairman of Health Commission Bishop Simon, OCHA functionary Sister Alphonse, XUB Vice-Chancellor Paul Fornades, OCHA President Gemma, Joint Director of Health Services spoke,.