Celebration of 65th Year of DVC’s Foundation Day.

 

Celebration of 65^th Year of DVC’s Foundation Day.

 

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) the Country’s first multipurpose river valley project which was originally conceived with a view to tame the turbulent Damodar River came into being on 7^th July 1948 and so this Day is celebrated in grandeur manner every year. This year DVC completes its 65^th year of successful journey towards the service of the Nation with its multifaceted activities of controlling of floods, provision of irrigation, generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy and also soil conservation, unified tourism, fisheries, socio-economic and health development of villages within the radius of its areas.

                   To commemorate this Day DVC celebrated its grand 65^th year of establishment in a gala way in all its field formations and in the Head Quarters at DVC Towers, Kolkata also.

          In Durgapur Thermal Power Station (DTPS) Mr. K. K. Singh, the Chief Engineer and the Project Head left no stone unturned to make the celebration a grand success with various Cultural Programmes, Debate Competition and Musical Dhamakas. On 26^th of June a Motor Cycle Expedition was arranged from DTPS to DVC Towers. A team of 7^th employees of DTPS with their own motorcycles carrying DVC Flag and wearing DVC’s Track Suit with pilot vehicles, ambulance, security personnel and Doctors started their journey sharp at 9 AM after a turn round throughout the DTPS Colony and reached DVC Towers at about 4 PM on the same day. The Chairman personally greeted all the participants warmly and made all arrangement for their health checkup and contentment in good ambience in DVC’s Guest House. The team returned on the next day when Mr. K. K. Singh, the Chief Engineer and the Project Head heartily welcomed the Team and made special mention for their brave and courageous expedition.

          The Deputy Chief Engineer (Electrical & Instrumentation) and the Chief Co-0rdinator of this Celebration Committee Mr. G. K. Chanda says, “It is a grand success from our part. Besides this Motor Cycle Expedition we had arranged several other attractive programmes. To mention a few we had arranged a Debate Competition on Women Empowerment on 28^th June  and a good number of women employees and the spouses of the EVC employees and CISF personnel took active part. Besides on 30^th   June there was a Sit-N-Draw completion among the children and the employees of DTPS. ”

          On the eve of the DVC’s Birth Day that is on 6^th of July a cultural-cum musical programme was arranged in the Srijani Auditorium, City Center, Durgapur for the entertaining of all the employees and their family on this auspicious occasion. Sri Mollar Karmakar and Ms. Olivia Chakraborty, the ZEE BANGLA SA-RE-GA-MA-PA Champions and Amul Star Voice of India Top-4 graced the stage through their melodious songs and charismas.

          Mr, K. K. Singh, the CE & Project Head on his short and valuable lecture greeted all the employees of DTPS for their sincere and valuable services in this oldest power station.

Similarly in Kolkata also DVC celebrated the programme on  7^th July 2013 at the Science City Auditorium through  staging  a musical script –‘Aloke-Yatra Pathe’- depicting  a evolution of DVC since its coming into being through enacting ‘DVC Act 1948’ in the parliament and even entailing its socio-economic background and the series of devastating floods causing endless suffering to human as well as animal lives down the catchment area which earned Damodar river a bad  name referred to as the  ‘River of Sorrows’. The storyline culminated with its transformed and benefactor shape that made DVC a champion in the entire eastern region.

          The script was penned by Prabuddha Chattopadhyay, a DVC employee posted at the headquarters in Kolkata while the music part was done by Nirmalya Roy, a familiar name in the Kolkata music circuit while choreography part was groomed by Avirup Sengupta, also an up and coming danseuse and choreographer in the city. The most remarkable phenomena was that the entire program was performed by all amateur singers, mainly employees themselves posted in Kolkata and their wards and the choreography part was performed mostly by DVC employees’ wards, mostly  from all the field formations viz. Durgapur, Mejhia, Panchet Dam, Maithon Dam, Chandrapura & Bokaro Thermal and Constructing units of Raghunathpur and Andal barring  a few from the headquarters. That added the programme  with an exceptional flavor. The idea of celebrating its Foundation Day in this unique way was masterminded by the Chairman of DVC, Mr. Rabindranath Sen.

          The programme was inaugurated by the Governor of West Bengal, Mr.M K Narayanan with a comprehensive speech followed by Partha Chattopadhyay, Minister-In charge, State Industrial Ministry and Shri Uma Shankar, Power Secretary, Govt. of India. The Science City auditorium was almost packed to the capacity witnessed by  a 2000 plus strong audience. The program ended with a successful note.