APNS felicitates Darjeeling COVID19 warriors

SINGTAM, APRIL 23: Alpine Philatelic and Numismatic Society (APNS), Darjeeling felicitated the members of the Darjeeling Press Guild, Singamari Town Out-Post, and the General Post Office, Darjeeling on April 22, 2020. The society offered khadas, tokens of gratitude, gloves, hand sanitizers, and masks to express their gratitude for the dedicated service provided by the Police Department, Postal Service, and the Print and Electronic media.

The APNS team led by the Secretary thanked the Officer in charge SI Mitra Dewan and his team at the Singamari Town Outpost for their strict vigilance and maintenance of Law and Order. The Assistant Superintendent of Posts Mr. Bimal Rai and this team was thanked for the various services the Postal Department had been doing. The President of the Press Guild Mr. Rabin Rai and his team of journalists thanked for their daily media coverage.

‘We see and hear them doing a lot every day, risking their own lives for the better good of the society, so we planned of doing what little we could to thank them and help them with some safety equipment’ said Vivek Yonzone, Secretary APNS. ‘Through them we wanted to thank the entire Police personnel for the Law and Order maintained so far, the Postal Service which has been doing some of the most important jobs of transporting the Covid-19 testing Kits, home delivery of pensions, mobile cash withdrawal system and the Print and Electronic Media personnel without whom we would have been deaf and blind to the situation at the moment. They are unsung heroes in the current situation so we took this initiative of felicitating them and help them keep themselves safe’ he added.

APNS is a society based in Singamari, Darjeeling, established in 2018 with the motive of reviving and promoting hobbies. This is the second initiative taken by APNS since the Covid-19 lock down. The society has been handing out FREE HOBBY KITS to children to keep them engaged indoors. More than 50 kits have already been handed out to children around Darjeeling Town. They are committed to do more and act upon the current crisis said the team comprising of the Secretary, Vivek Yonzone, members Anand Yonzone and Dipen Pradhan.