Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 31 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated a seven-day National Service Scheme (NSS) Camp and Blood Donation Camp at Bani Vidyapith Girls School in Agartala on Monday.

The event is being held from July 31 to August 06.

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NSS has been an old practice for school and college-going students in Tripura. The chief minister encouraged all the youths to join NSS which routes many positive aspects in life and helps in career building too.

Earlier, on the occasion of the 5th Biennial Conference, the Association of Service Engineers of Tripura (ASSET) organised a mega blood donation camp at the Dukanta Academy Auditorium in Agartala on July 23.

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The blood donation camp was organised in response to the appeal of Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha. CM Saha had appealed to Tripura citizens to come forward to donate blood to maintain stock in the 14 available blood donation camps of the state.

The blood donation camp has witnessed an overwhelming response.

"All kinds of organizations have come ahead to donate blood. Because of that, now the scarcity that arose has been solved. A good number of blood donors have come to donate blood today in this noble blood donation occasion, organised by ASSET," CM Manik Saha said. (ANI)

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