The "150th Birth Anniversary Celebration" of Mahatma Gandhi was organised at CCL headquarters here on Wednesday. Chief Guest of the programme CMD CCL Gopal Singh along with Director (Personnel), R S Mahapatra, Director Technical (Operations) V K Srivastava, Director Technical (Project/Planning) Bhola Singh, GMs/HoDs, Officers, Employees, Union Representatives and others paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Singh, while paying homage to Bapu said that it is a day to remember the ideals and principles of Mahatma Gandhi which always guides everyone. He said, “Let us all resolve today that we will imbibe the values, morals and beliefs of Gandhi ji.
Bapu is not the name of any person but an ideology and an institution who fought throughout his life for truth, freedom and cleanliness. Gandhiji is the embodiment of struggle against exploitation, violence and filth.”
Singh said that Bapu transformed this belief into a movement and called cleanliness equivalent to service. Singh urged to come ahead and give sincere tribute to the Father of the Nation by joining this campaign of "Swachhata Hi Seva" with dedication and devotion. He expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister and said that the work of spreading this message of Bapu to the people has been under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He congratulated the CSR and Welfare Department for the successful organisation of the program and said that CCL will continue this campaign continuously.
Director (Personnel), Director Technical (Operations) and Director Technical (Project/Planning) also addressed the gathering on the occasion and asked everyone to follow the teachings and principles of Mahatma Gandhi by keeping our surrounding clean.
On this occasion, the winners of various competitions such as slogan writing, painting etc along with others who contributed during the campaign were felicitated and conferred with prizes. Also a video based on 'Swachhata Hi Seva' was shown during the program. In the end, a cultural event was organised by girl students of CCL Ki Ladli.