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Rameswar Teli Attends Countdown To Yoga Day At Digboi

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GUWAHATI/MARGHERITA, May 3: Marking the advent of the International Yoga Day which is observed all around the world on June 21, a Yoga-Session was organised at Campus Ground, IOCL, Digboi by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd on Tuesday.

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Rameswar Teli, Union minister, MoS, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment India attended the session as the guest of honour, along with Suren Phukan, MLA, 123-Digboi LAC. Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas also delivered a message via webcasting, applauding the initiative wherein the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs have simultaneously organised the yoga session in 47 (forty-seven) other locations such as refineries, petrochemical complexes, bottling plants, offshore assets and building projects spread across the country and overseas. Yoga Guru Sukumoni Nath instructed the yoga asanas to all the officials, staff and students from the Assam Oil School of Nursing, Digboi.

Another public programme was also organised at Paragdhar Chaliha Auditorium, Digboi on Tuesday commemorating the 75 years of India’s Independence and as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav where 75 numbers of imminent citizens from the Digboi Town were felicitated by the IOCL, Digboi. The citizens from different walks of life were felicitated with a Gamusa, a citation and a cheque of Rs.10,000 (Ten-Thousand) each was presented to them. Rameswar Teli congratulated the feted citizens and shared his vision of the development in the region. Teli reckoned that the Digboi Refinery is the oldest operating refinery in the world and expansion of the oil sector is very pertinent to the growth of the sector. He shared that the Government is working relentlessly on breakthrough technology to become a self-sustaining nation in the oil sector. Suren Phukan, MLA, Digboi also spoke on the occasion and extended his gratitude to the public and the organisers.

Palash Rajkumar Ahom, ADC i/c, Margherita, Runal Nath, circle officer, Margherita, K.K Sarma, CGM & Refinery head, IOCL, Digboi, ward members of Digboi & Makum Municipal Boards, media personnel, administrative officials and staff of IOCL and the local public attended both the events held on Tuesday.

 

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