Visakhapatnam Port Authority Chairman pays tributes to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) celebrated Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 134th birth anniversary, here on Tuesday. Though the Jayanti falls on April 14, the port specially conducted a programme on Tuesday to celebrate the event in a grand scale, said the port secretary T. Venu Gopal.
The port chairman M. Angamuthu garlanded and paid tributes to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. He stated that the Constitution of India formulated under the leadership of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, continues to guide the nation, making this a momentous feature in the lives of all citizens. He gave away meritorious certificates to the outgoing student excelled in the recent Class X public examinations.
The VPA SC/ST Officers' Association president G. Umamaheswararao, secretary M. Deviswararao and SC/ST Employees Welfare Association president O. Ramalingam, secretary G. Sivaramakrishna organised the programme.
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