Jamshedpur: Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata and chairperson N Chandrasekaran arrived in Jamshedpur on Tuesday, a day before the Steel City celebrates its Founder’s Day on the 182nd birth anniversary of the visionary industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of Tata Steel and the town on March 3. Due to the Covid guidelines, the decoration and celebrations have been low key compared to previous years and entry of people to the park is barred.
Tata and Chandrasekaran inaugurated the lighting at the iconic Jubilee Park later in the evening. The park and the city’s heritage buildings, prominent landscapes and roundabouts have been decorated with colourful lights by Tata Steel and Jusco, the principal organisers of the celebrations. Tata also inaugurated the new residential building for the cadets at the Naval Tata Hockey Academy in Telco. Top officials of Tata Steel, including CEO and MD T V Narendran, accompanied him.
The organizers have also made elaborate lighting decoration at 32 roundabouts and 15 buildings, includes heritage structures, prominent Tata Steel-run institutional buildings, Tatanagar railway station, Bhetia Park, Nildih Park, Keenan Stadium, JRD Tata Sports Complex and schools. Tata Steel VP (corporate services) Chanakya Chaudhary said their aim is to ensure that the fun-loving denizens can experience and enjoy the lightning. He urged the people to comply with Covid guidelines and road safety measures while going out.
"The illumination, particularly laser lights, look spectacular," said 47-year-old Rakesh Bisht, who drove with his family to Sir Dorabji Tata Park to witness the decoration. Software engineer Uday Kumar Deo (32), resident of NML colony, Agrico, said, “I had planned to visit the park this year, but cannot do so due to the ban. All the roundabouts from Telco to Bistupur have been decorated in a grand way. The city is looking like a fairyland." The young engineer works at Pune but living at home since the lockdown last year.