Women Club Meri Pehchan, Top FM, NHPC delegations meet on Mishra

Leh: A delegation from Women Club Meri Pehchan led by its Founder, Sandhya Gupta, called on the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd), at Raj Niwas Wednesday.

Sandhya apprised the LG of the functioning of the organisation which is working to assist socially neglected, economically weaker sections and persons with disabilities.

She informed about the initiative taken by them to present the Maharaja Hari Singh Dogra Samman Award to people from all walks of life for their contributions to the betterment of society. She informed the LG about their plan to organise the event in Leh but had to cancel at the last moment due to some reasons.

Sandhya informed that the award presentation event will now be held in Jammu in November 2023 and requested the LG to be a part of the award presentation ceremony.

The LG commended the organisation for their work and wished the best to the organisation for their future endeavours.

A delegation from Top FM led by Neeraj Rakwal called on the LG at Raj Niwas. Rakwal informed the LG that Top FM Station 91.1 is the first private FM radio channel to be launched in Ladakh in 2021. He also informed that their objective is to target the rural audience where FM radio is not available.

He further informed about the initiatives taken by Top FM to raise awareness on the rich Ladakhi culture and various central government schemes meant for the benefit of the people.

Rakwal also informed about the messages being disseminated on Top FM to raise awareness on cybercrime-related incidents in Ladakh. He requested for advertisements from the Administration and other government-related schemes for their radio channel.

The LG asked Rakwal to meet the Commissioner Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department, Padma Angmo in this regard. Senior Manager, NHPC Leh, Rupesh Kumar called on the LG at Raj Niwas.

Rupesh informed LG that he has been working in Leh since September 2022 and was earlier posted in Faridabad. He also informed that his father is a cancer patient and needs medical attention from time to time.

He requested the LG for his transfer to Faridabad so that he could provide timely medical checkups for his father.  The LG spoke to the Director, HR, NHPC and asked him to look into the matter.