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ALLAHABAD: To commemorate 10 years of its existence, North Central Railway has planned a series of programmes. The year-long celebrations will have public participation and even passengers can take part in them. Talking to TOI, CPRO North Central Railway, Sandeep Mathur said, "It is a proud moment that NCR has completed 10 years. There will be a series of programmes that will be organised throughout the year so that people can have everlasting memories and celebrate their association with NCR. There will be logo designing, slogan and jingle writing and photography competitions which will be open for public participation." He also added that there will be various cultural and educational programmes during the month of September. Further, there will also be sporting activities for the railway employees and officers. In addition to this, there will also be a 'Walk' where general public will participate. North Central Railway came into existence on April 1, 2003. It has completed 10 years of existence this year. The railway zone is planning a series of events to commemorate the event. The first set of events will include a logo designing competition, slogan writing and photography competition. While logo designing, NCR is expecting the participants to design logo based on the achievements of North Central Railway.

There will also be a slogan writing contest in which participants will require to write a slogan about the various facets of North Central Railway. The maximum length of the slogan is about 10 words. There will also be a jingle writing contest which can be of maximum 8 lines. The last date of submission of entries to these contests is August 21. This competition is open to the general public and also to the railway employees.

To mark the event, there will also be a photography competition in which participants can showcase photographs pertaining to stations, trains or any event related with NCR. The last date of entries to this competition is October 15.

NCR officials informed that in September, a series of cultural and educational programmes are also being planned. In the cultural programme, there will be dance, drama and singing competition in which wards of the railway employees will showcase their talent in front of the audience. There will also be a debate competition.

In February next year, there will be various sporting activities for the railway employees and the officers. There will be various sports competitions including cricket, hockey, athletics and other events.