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31st PECUC Sisumela inaugurated
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Bhubaneswar(15/11/2020): Children should dream big and they should work towards achieving their dream.Parents, teachers and guardians should inspire them to fulfill their wishes, opined eminent dignitaries present in the inaugural ceremony of the 31st edition of Sisumela (Children Festival Week) of People’s Cultural Centre (PECUC), a leading voluntary organization at Bhubaneswar.The PECUC Sisumela was inaugurated on the occasion of Children’s through virtual platform due to COVID-19 situation and keeping in mind children’s safety. Ranjan Kumar Das, Director of Culture department, Odisha inaugurated the ceremony in presence of eminent actress & PECUC’s Goodwill Ambassador for promotion of child rights Bhoomika Dash, sportsperson & PECUC’s Goodwill Ambassador for Promotion of Right of the Children to Play Anshika Routray, Olympian Anuradha Biswal and others by lighting a lamp.Ranjan Kumar Das said, “Children should be given freedom then only they can be developed as responsible person in their future.” Senior journalist and president of PECUC Sisumela Committee Pradosh Kumar Pattnaik presided over the over the inaugural function and said PECUC is working since last 30 years to bring smile in the face of every children.Secretary of PECUC Ranjan Kumar Mohanty gave the welcome address and shared the information about the weeklong festival of Sisumela.He said, “Every child deserves a safe and happy childhood and it is the responsibility of all to create such environment.” Chairperson of PECUC Minakhi Panda said, “Children should be patient and remain safe during this crisis period and she encouraged them to continue their creative work.Eminent actress Bhoomika Dash discussed about different challenges the children are facing due to this COVID-19 situation and encouraged them to engage themselves in various creative work.Sportsperson Anshika Routray emphasized that children should keep themselves safe and should work towards achieving their dream.Olympian Anuradha Biswal said a happy childhood is the right of every child.Executive Director of PECUC Anuradha Mohanty gave the vote of thanks.Ratna Dash, Jyotishankar Mohanty and Prashant Kumar Mallick of PECUC facilitated the programme.The programme will continue till November 20, 2020.All the competitions and the cultural programmes will be live on Facebook page of PECUC (@pecucodisha).The results of the various competitions will be declared on this Facebook live programme which will start at 6:30 PM of every evening starting from November 14, 2020 to November 20, 2020.The prizes and certificates will be sent to the winners by post.On November 20, a special progrmme will be organized to give the Annual Awards of PECUC..