Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi along with Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Thursday extended their New Year greetings to the people. 

Kiran Bedi greeted ''we should all collectively strive to make our nation self-reliant heeding to the call of `Atma Nirbhar` of the Prime Minister in our goal of converting adversities into opportunities.'' She added ''the outgoing year 2020 made us all relaise how vulnerable we are to the threat of human indiscretion. The world was swamped by the Corona pandemic and also saw the nations come together to combat the spread of Covid 19.

The former IPS officer said ''as we step into 2021 we should realise that the battle against Covid is long drawn out.'' It would be possible to erase the scourge of coronavirus only if every citizen complied with the Covid safety norms of social distancing, wearing masks and hand hygiene, she said. ''On the day of the beginning of a fresh year, let us all pledge to come together, work together and support each other in building a safer and better world of tomorrow that is healed from the pandemic and provides a just future for all,'' she added.

Chief Minister Narayanasamy, in his greetings on the eve of New Year, said the outgoing year was a dark year. The outbreak of the coronavirus crippled every section of people and also hit livelihood sources. But the determined action taken by the Administration to face the challenge had enabled the people to resume normalcy in a phased manner, the chief minister said.

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