Blood donation camp held in Vijayawada to mark Gandhi, Sastry Jayantis
A blood donation camp was held in Vijayawada on Friday to commemorate the Jayantis of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Sastry. The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and the Andhra Pradesh Paper Merchants Welfare Association collaborated to organise the event at the AP NGOs Home in Gandhi Nagar. The camp's inauguration was attended by A. Vidyasagar, president of the Andhra Pradesh NGO, IRCS district vice-chairman Velaga Joshi, secretary E. Chitti Babu, and Y. Lakshmikantha Rao, president of the Andhra Pradesh Paper Merchants Welfare Association.
During the ceremony, the dignitaries paid respect to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Sastry by garlanding their portraits and offering floral tributes. Vidyasagar and association secretary Mafat Lal Jain expressed their gratitude to the blood donors for their valuable contribution.
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