Bhubaneswar, August 16: 77th Independence Day was celebrated with patriotic fervor across all units, Corporate Offices and regional offices of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).
Sridhar Patra, CMD, NALCO, visited the Company’s Smelter and Power Complex, located at Angul, Odisha, and hoisted the tricolor in the presence of senior officials, representatives of various Unions & Associations and invited guests.
In his address, Patra urged Nalconians to rededicate themselves to nation-building in this "Amrut Bela". Meritorious students of DPS, SVM and the peripheral school of Smelter and Power Complex were also felicitated on the occasion. Paying rich tributes to the ‘Veers’ who laid down their lives for the country, Patra planted saplings under the Meri Mati Mera Desh initiative.
Among others, A.K. Swain, ED(S&P) and Senior Officials of the unit were present on the occasion. The three-day-long celebration of the HarGharTiranga campaign also culminated with a Tiranga Bike rally, which witnessed the enthusiastic participation of employees, students, CISF personnel, and the general public.
Similarly, at the NALCO Corporate Headquarters in Bhubaneswar, Dr. S. K. Tamotia, Ex-CMD hoisted the National Flag.