A State level awareness rally was organised by the Utkal University NSS Bureau on the occasion of the World Population Day on Monday.
VC Prof Asoka Kumar Das flagged off the rally inside the campus and said that the awareness among the students and public will go a long way in fulfilling its purpose.
More than 500 NSS volunteers, programme officers and district programme officers from more than 50 colleges of Odisha participated in the rally which covered more than 5 km from Vani Vihar Campus to Nalco square.
University Registrar Manmath Kumar Biswal, Self Finance Course Director Prof Kishore Kumar Basa, Development Officer Prof. Kabir Mohan Sethy, Youth Officer, NSS Regional Director of Government of India M. Ramakrishna, Deputy Director of Population Research Centre Dr. Kanhu Charan Satpathy, Programme Officer of PG NSS Unit Dr Kirti Ranjan Mallick graced as guests.
The volunteers spread the message of population control, small family, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Swachha Bharat Mission, National Health Mission etc. through pla- cards and slogans among the public. The programme was managed by NSS Programme Coordinator Dr Manoranjan Mohanty.