Goa Govt honours 16 senior citizens on World Elder's Day
Panaji, Oct 1 (UNI) Goa's social welfare department secretary Ajit Shrivastava today felicitated 16 senior citizens as part of the celebration of the 'World Elders Day'.
Each of them was presented a shawl and a memento at a function organised at the Porvorim secretariat complex by the Directorate of Social Welfare.
Mr Shrivastava also handed a cheque to Mathew Braganza towards the first instalment for opening a social welfare centre for senior citizens at Mapusa, in the presence of the director of the department P K Velip Kankar.
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Story first published: Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 14:49 [IST]