Gandhiji’s teachings have always been the source of inspiration for world and they always show us the right way, said Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul while addressing participants of letter writing competition of postal department at Raj Bhawan on Monday. He said that Mahatma Gandhi equated cleanliness to godliness and the Government of India (GOI) has started Swachchh Bharat Mission in 2014 to fulfill his dream of a clean India and in the last three years many States have become open defecation free. He later handed over prizes to the winners of the letter writing competition organised by the Uttarakhand circle of the Postal department.
The Governor also released a special cover of the Postal Department. The Governor congratulated the winners of the contest and asked them to take inspirations from Gandhiji’s teaching. He said that maximum number of stamps had been issued on Mahatma Gandhi as more than 90 countries have issued stamps on him.
Chief Post Master General, Udai Krishna said that the letter writing contest had been organised on a national level to encourage philately. The title of the contest was “Dhhai Aakhar” and the theme was “Priye Bapu , Aap mujhe prerna dete hain”.
The Uttarakhand circle received 833 letters and 162 inland letters in the up to 18 years of age category and 235 letters and 55 inland letters in the over 18 years category. In each category, the first, second and third prizes were given on the occasion.