Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Apr 18: Governor, N.N. Vohra, President of Indian Red Cross Society, J&K, felicitated all organizations, Governmental and private, which provided support in sponsoring and organizing the Red Cross Mela.
A function in this regard was held here at Raj Bhavan, today. Usha Vohra, First Lady, was present on the occasion.
The Governor, on the occasion, said that Red Cross is a very important organization which works for the welfare of the humanity. He observed that, for obtaining such an objective, substantial resources are required by the District, Regional and State level branches of the society, to be able to provide timely relief in the case of any exigency arising due to natural or manmade disasters. He appealed to the banking sector, commercial organizations and the rich elements in the society to espouse the noble objectives of the Red Cross Society.
The Governor appreciated the initiatives taken by Roma Wani, Honorary General Secretary, IRCS, J&K, in the past year to boost Red Cross activities all over the State, particularly her efforts in setting up Jan Aushadhi Stores for providing generic medicines at fair prices to the sick and needy.
Shantmanu, Chairman of the Red Cross Society, Jammu, presented a detailed report on the activities of the Society in the past years. He said that the Red Cross Mela -2013, had generated funds to the tune of Rs. 23.50 lakh. The Governor lauded the leadership role of the Divisional Commissioner and hoped that the Society would be able to do even better this year.
The Governor presented Appreciation Awards to Shantmanu, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu and Chairman of the Red Cross Society, Jammu; Rajesh Kumar, IGP, Jammu Zone; Kuldeep Dhar, IGP, CRPF, Jammu; S.S. Tomar, IGP, BSF, Jammu; Hemant Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri; Soujanya Sharma, Director Tourism, Jammu; Arvind Gupta, President, J&K Bank, Zone Office, Jammu; Annil Suri, President Bari Brahmana Industrial Association, Jammu; Mohinder Singh, Chairman, Citizens Cooperative Bank, Jammu; Mohd. Latif Mir, Dy. General Manager, Circle Office, PNB, Jammu, Dr. Hemla Aggarwal, Principal GCW, Parade, Jammu; Dinesh Gupta, Chairman, Citizens Cooperative Bank, Jammu; A.V.L.J Rao, Deputy Commissioner, K.V. Sangthan, Jammu; Tarsem Lal, Chief Education Officer, Jammu; J.K Sudan, Chief Education Officer, Kathua; Mohd. Ashraf Rathar, Chief Education Officer, Doda; Ashok Kumar, Chief Education Officer, Reasi; Vikrant Sharma, Programme Head, big 92.7 F.M.; Sureshta Khajuria, Member Organizing Committee Red Cross Mela; Anil K. Padha, ex- Secretary, IRCS, Jammu Region and Navneet Kour, Member, Organizing Committee, Red Cross Mela.
The Awards were also received by Mohd. Ashraf Rathar, on behalf of Mubarak Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Doda; Dr. V.P Sharma, Executive Secretary, District Red Cross, Udhampur, on behalf of Yasha Mudgal, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur; Ashish Singh, Executive Secretary, District Red Cross, Kathua, on behalf of Jitendera K. Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Kathua; Annil Suri on behalf of S.K. Bansal, Managing Director, Saraswati Plasto Tech, Jammu and Sunit Singh, on behalf of Gunjan Rana, Managing Director Jamkash Vehicleades, Pvt. Ltd., Jammu.
Roma Wani, Honorary General Secretary, IRCS, J&K, presented the vote of thanks.
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