DR. BEDI ASKS PHD CHAMBER TO VISIT PUDUCHERRY AND PROMOTE ITS TOURISM

Newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Dr. Kiran Bedi on Thursday made a passionate appeal to the members of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry to come in droves to Puducherry and contribute promoting its tourism as its sight and sounds suitably provide for it.

She asked presidium of the Chamber consisting of its President, Sr. Vice President and Vice President Dr. Mahesh Gupta, Mr. Gopal Jiwarajka and Mr. Anil Khaitan including its Immediate former President, Alok B. Shriram along with the Secretary General, Mr. Saurabh Sanyal to consider opening up of its office at Puducherry as other apex Chambers are also present there and contribute to its socio economic uplift.

Addressing an Inaugural function of the Celebration of 30 years of welfare work of PHD Family Welfare Foundation here today, Dr. Bedi claimed that immediately after taking over the Governorship of Puducherry, the first challenging task that she successfully undertook was to build and nurture the trusteeship feeling between the government machinery and the NGOs that are operational in the tiny Union Territory.

“To align the NGOs with the UT’s administration was successfully done in Puducherry in the last two months to enable the administration to facilitate its social welfare schemes to the intended beneficiaries”, she said admitting with sense of gratitude to the PHD Chamber, the industry body which according to her learnt her this craft in her various interaction with it in the past as public servant in various capacities.

During the occasion, Past President of the Chamber Ms. Sushma Berlia delivered a key note address lauding the contribution of various Chair persons of the PHD Family Welfare Foundation in serving the vulnerable and under privileged in providing health services and other skill oriented programmes.

During the occasion, various luminaries associated with the foundation were felicitated by President, PHD Chamber, Dr. Mahesh Gupta and its current Chairperson Ms. Anuradha Goel for their immense contribution from time to time.