On the occasion of India’s 72nd Republic Day, JCB Industries from Guwahati celebrated womanhood and distributed ‘Aadya’ sanitary pads in various locations in and around Guwahati. The drive was carried out by two teams of JCBI. The first team distributed Aadya sanitary napkins to students of different colleges and institutes in Guwahati. The second team distributed the pads to residents of paying guest houses and hostels across Guwahati. A total of 2475 packets were distributed in 33 places.

Places, where the free pads were distributed, include:

· Gauhati Medical College and Hospital – Girls hostel number 3, number 7 and hostel number 5

· B Barooah Cancer Institute

· Asiana Girls Hostel

· Sangrilla Girls Hostel

· Subhibhan Girls Hostel,

· Regional Dental College

· GIMT College hostel

· Ayurvedic Hospital

· Ayurvedic College hostel

· Shishu Kalyan Jalukbari

· SOS Village Guwahati

· Lalit Chandra Bharali College hostel

· Appayan PG

· Cotton College

· USTM

· Two locations at Jalukbari and Azara