Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: The annual general body meeting of Home for Aged & Infirm, Ambphalla, Jammu popularly known as ‘Vridh Ashram’ was held today under the chairmanship of its president, I D Soni (State Commissioner, J&K Bharat Scouts and Guides).
During the meeting, the annual report and audited accounts for the year 2017-18 and budget proposals for the year 2018-19 presented by secretary, Vijay Kumar Bhagotra, were adopted by the house.
The house expressed satisfaction over sincere efforts put in by the managing committee for improvement in overall functioning of the Home and living conditions of its inmates. Male and female representatives of the inmates also expressed satisfaction with the amenities, facilities and medical care, etc being provided to them by the Home.
I D Soni appealed the general public for liberal donations in cash and in kind on regular basis for day to day needs of the inmates and further improvement in their facilities and amenities as well of maintenance of requisite infrastructure and assets of the Home.
He also appealed the public at large to visit the Home at their convenience and interact with the inmates so that they do not feel neglected by the society for whose welfare they had also contributed during their active past life as they are starving for emotional touch at this stage of their life.
Vijay Bhagotra, secretary urged the members of the managing committee to visit the Hone at their convenience from time to time to favour the management with their valuable suggestions for further improvement in living conditions of the inmates and functioning of the Home.
Besides a large number of members of the general body, Prem Gupta (former Inspector General of Police J&K, patron, H Manhas, vice president, B B Gupta, joint secretary, members of the managing committee, Vijay Gupta, Nirmala Zutshi, Sakino Bano, R C Vaid, Ponit Nanda, Pankaj Gupta, HB Mahajan and Dinesh Gupta were present in the meeting.