Ina bid to ensure better coordination amongst city NGOs and residents, a first ofits kind NGO Expo was organised at Nehru Rose Garden here today. The NGO expowas inaugurated by Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs MinisterBharat Bhushan Ashu. A total of 59 different NGOs set up their stalls in thisexpo.
MayorBalkar Singh Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma, LudhianaImprovement Trust Chairman Raman Balasubramaniam, MC Councillors Mamta Ashu andSunny Bhalla, Joint CP Deepak Pareek, ADC (General) Amarjit Bains, SDM AmrinderMalhi, MC Joint Commissioners Swati Tiwana and Kulpreet Singh, besides severalothers were present on the occasion.
Whilespeaking to media persons on the occasion, Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that it isfirst-ever NGO Expo in Punjab and is being organised to celebrate the World NGODay, wherein more than 40 local NGOs, district administration and socialentrepreneurs participated to showcase their projects and initiatives.
Hesaid that the main aim of Expo was to ensure that the residents come to knowwhich NGOs are working in which field so that maximum number of people can bebenefited from it.
DeputyCommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma specially thanked MC Councillor Mamta Ashufor coming up with this idea of organising such fair for the welfare ofresidents.
Awebsite namely www.cityneeds.info, an online platform to connect Local NGOswith prospective volunteers, donors, organisations and district administration,has already been launched. Congratulating the developers of the website, theDeputy Commissioner said that the main objective of the website is tofacilitate credible NGOs of Ludhiana and mobilise adequate resources for themto continue doing their good work.
MamtaAshu said that the event was aimed to encourage positivity and stimulate thespirit of volunteerism & philanthropy in our society, empower the NGOs intheir projects and promote social entrepreneurship.