Jharkhand Assembly felicitates 55 on 21st foundation day

Ranchi: The Jharkhand assembly, to commemorate its 21st foundation day, honoured people from different walks of life who contributed to shaping the state to excel in different fields.
The list of those honoured was long including 55 schoolteachers, seven martyrs of the security and armed forces who laid down their lives in line of duty either on the border or in anti-Naxal operations, three prominent women sportspersons, three deputy commissioners and five employees of the assembly secretariat.
The function organised at the new assembly building was attended by who’s who of the state. Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahto hosted governor Ramesh Bais as the chief guest along with chief minister Hemant Soren, his cabinet colleagues, legislators and bureaucrats and several other dignitaries and family members of the awardees.
Senior BJP legislator Ramchandra Chandravanshi selected for Birsa Munda memorial best legislator award 2021 was honoured by the governor with a memento, cash reward, shawl and a citation.
Five employees of the assembly secretariat — joint secretary Ramnivas Das, additional secretary Nilesh Ranjan, branch managers Roshan Kido and Subhas Kumar along with group IV staff Umesh Kumar Gupta were honoured with Best Employee Award 2021 by the CM. They all were given cash award, a memento, shawl and citation.
The governor, CM and the speaker honoured 55 school teachers, two posthumously, who received the National Award for their contributions. The assembly also felicitated deputy commissioners Suraj Kumar of East Singhbhum, Madhavi Mishra of Ramgarh and Chhavi Ranjan of Ranchi for their role in carrying out successful vaccination drives against Covid-19 in their respective districts.
Among women sportspersons — two archers Kamolika Bari and Ankita Bhagat and cricketer Indrani Rai — were also felicitated for their role in bringing Jharkhand on the international sports map.
Family members of seven martyrs — havildar Sunil Lakra, constable Duleshwar, BSF sepoy, Ravindra Kumar, constable STF Kiran Surin, deputy commandant Jharkhand Jaguar (STF) Rajesh Kumar, Havildar, Jharkhand Jaguar Devendra Kumar Pandit and constable Jharkhand Jaugar, Hardwar Sah were honoured during the function for their supreme sacrifice.