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Namrup joins I Day

By Akshaya Pranab Kalita |

Namrup also joined the 71st Independence Day  with much pomp and gaiety on Tuesday.

The eye of attraction was the BVFCL  Gandhi Field where BVFCL Director (Production) and  CMD incharge  Shyam Deo Singh   hoisted the National Tricolour and and took salute of the March pass by CISF jawans.

Thirty two BVFCL employees received awards of excellence  before holding a cultural show by the students.

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