Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: In line with the policy of Union Government to increase the usage and popularity of Hindi in the offices and other departments under its control for wider acceptability of Hindi as official language of the country, POWERGRID Northern Region Transmission System-II organized several programmes during the Hindi Pakhwada from September 14, 2015.
During the fortnight, Essay, Debates and Poem recitation competitions were conducted for the employees and their family members at all site offices and substations spread in entire region comprising states of J&K, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and UT Chandigarh.
In the concluding day programme held at its Regional Headquarters, Jammu S.K.Sharma Executive Director NR-II was the chief guest. Senior officers, employees and their family members were present on this occassion. Around 60 prizes were distributed amongst the wining participants of various competitions organized in connection with the hindi Pakhwada by these higher officials.
Speaking on this occasion, S K Sharma appreciated the efforts of POWERGRID in spreading the usage of Hindi amongst its employees. He also lauded the role of POWERGRID employees in popularizing usage of Hindi. He intimated that POWERGRID is providing facilities to employees in learning the Hindi and making working in Hindi possible on computers.
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