Samvedna Coordination meet held at Singtam

March 1, Singtam : The final coordination meeting for the upcoming Samvedna event was attended by NIFAA State Executive members, Krishna Chettri - President SGSS, Kripesh Singh - President KASS, TR Baniya - Lower Lingchey Uttam Samaj, Md Zamil - President United Front, Gangtok and others. The meet was held at Nepali Dharamsala, Singtam.

The major highlight of the meeting was talk on Samvedna, a nationwide blood and plasma donation awareness campaign. The campaign shall be held on March 23, 2021 in 28 states and 8 Union Territories of India. More than 90,000 units of blood is expected to be collected from 1500 different venues of India. The campaign is also for an attempt at Guinness Book of World Record, told Bikash Pradhan, Chief Coordinator, NIFAA Sikkim Unit. He further said the event commemorates the 90th anniversary of Martyrs' Day of Saheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. He also shared the news of the Tripura NIFAA team visiting Sikkim this March 6.

Praveen Pradhan, President, NIFAA Sikkim state shared the recent activities of the organisation. He said a coordination meeting was held at all the districts of Sikkim and there has been positive feedback from everyone. Eight centres had been finalised for the event, he added. Talks on different matters for the success of the event was discussed. Krishna Chettri, Kripesh Singh, TR Baniya, Gaurav Raj also spoked on the meeting.

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