CURATED BY – BHAGWAN DAS BERAGI | CITYCHIEFNEWS


Shajapur, State conference of National Blindness Prevention Committee concluded in a private hotel in Bhopal in which representatives of Shajapur also participated. The conference organized recently was held under the chief hospitality of Arun Tomar, Director of National Cooperative Union of India, New Delhi and under the chairmanship of the state president of the organization Dr. Sharad Pandit, special hospitality of Prof. Dr. US Tiwari. The welcome speech was given by the treasurer of the organization Nagesh Vyas. The state secretary of the organization, Anirudh Singh Sengar, while giving detailed information while highlighting the activities and objectives of the organization, said that the organization conducts eye tests of students in schools and checks spectacles, and provides free spectacles to children. Organizing free eye test camps in slums, organizing free eye test camps in tribal settlements, organizing free eye test camps for senior citizens and pensioners and distributing free spectacles for near vision, getting cataract operations done to remove blindness, creating awareness among the general public about eye protection, organizing National Eye Donation Fortnight from 25 August to 8 September, organizing various competitions to give information about eye donation to children are important works. At the same time, the chief guest Tomar praised the work of the organization and said that you people are engaged in the noble work of social service, this is true human service. Serving suffering humanity is the biggest religion. You people are trying to remove blindness. I would also like to be a partner in this noble work of yours. While presiding over the program, the state president of the organization, Dr. Sharad Pandit, emphasized on the expansion of the organization. He said that all the units of NSPB need to be active. Also, in those districts where units have not been formed yet, the process of forming them will be started. In his address, the special guest Prof Dr US Tiwari thanked the organizing team for the success of the program and said that in future we all should keep on working together for the welfare of the society. During this, the published souvenir Nayan was released. In the program, Shajapur's District President Dr AR Khan in his address suggested the institute to organize as many eye camps as possible in public interest.