A REPORT 

 ON OBSERVANCE OF  

VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK‐2018 

 

 

Jointly organized by  

Dredging Corporation of India Limited & 

Visakhapatnam Port Trust  

 

REPORT ON VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2018

JOINTLY OBSERVED BY VISAKHAPATNAM PORT TRUST (VPT) & DREDGING CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED(DCIL)

VISAKHAPATNAM

1. NameoftheOrganisation:

DREDGINGCORPORATIONOFINDIALTD.,(DCIL)&VISAKHAPATNAMPORTTRUST(VPT)

2. DETAILSOFACTIVITYCONDUCTEDDURINGVIGILANCEAWARENESSWEEK

The Vigilance Awareness Week 2018 was observed jointly at the Corporate

HeadquartersofVisakhapatnamPortTrustandDredgingCorporationofIndiaLtdand

variousProjectOfficesofDredgingCorporationofIndiaLtd.from29thOctober2018to

3rd November 2018, under the auspices of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to

spreadawarenessagainstcorruption.

CVC’sthemefor thisyear’sVigilanceAwarenessWeekis“EradicateCorruption

BuildaNewIndia”withemphasisonspreadingawarenessinfightagainstcorruptionto

allsectionsofSociety.Inlinewiththeletterandspiritofthethemeandinaccordance

withthedirectivesofCVC,severalactivitieswereorganizedcoveringawidespectrum

ofsociety,withtheaimofspreadingawarenessandsensitizingthepublicaboutways

andmeansto fightcorruptpractices.Wecouldmuster thesupportof theprintmedia

also, which gave wide publicity to our run‐up activities, ahead of the Vigilance

AwarenessWeek.

(i) PAINTINGCOMPETITIONSINVARIOUSSCHOOLS

Painting Competition was organised for the school students in various urban

corporate/private schools, urban Govt./aided schools, rural schools and Physically

Challenged in and around VisakhapatnamDistrict . A total number of 487 students

participated enthusiastically in all categories. 128 students under the category of

Urban‐Corporate/PrivatefromSriPrakashVidyaNiketan,VTSchool,SrikrishnaVidya

Mandir and Balabhanu Vidyalayam, 201 students under the category of Urban‐

Govt/AidedfromKNMGHighSchool,GVMCHighSchool,KamalaNehruHighSchool,St.

Antony’sHighSchoolandPortHighSchool,144studentsunderthecategoryofRuralof

ZillaParishadHighSchool,KothavalasaofVizianagaramDistrictandBCTHighSchool

and14StudentsunderCategoryofPhysicallyChallengedparticipatedenthusiastically

in this competition conducted on the theme ofMy vision‐ Corruption free India. The

eventwaswidelycoveredinthepress.

CORPORATESCHOOLS

GOVERNAMENTSCHOOLS

RURAL&TRIBALSCHOOLS

(ii) ELOCUTIONANDESSAYWRITINGCOMPETITION

In addition to this,DCIL andVPT conducted inter‐collegiateEssaywriting and

ElocutioncompetitionsinEnglishandTeluguatitsHeadOfficeon24.10.2018.College

students were given briefing regarding CVC’s theme and were asked to reflect their

view in the light of this theme in Elocution and Essay writing competitions. 104

studentsfromtenDegreeCollegesparticipatedintheevents.MassIntegritypledgeand

E‐pledgeweretakenbyallparticipants.

INTERCOLLEGIATEESSAYWRITINGCOMPETITION(ENGLISH&TELUGU)

INTERCOLLEGIATEELOCUTIONCOMPETITION(ENGLISH&TELUGU)

ACTIVITIES DURING OBSERVANCE OF VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2018 

DAY‐1:29.10.2018

INAUGURALFUNCTIONHELDON29THOFOCTOBER,2018

Inaugural functionofVigilanceAwarenessWeek(VAW)‐2018beingobserved jointly

byVisakhapatnamPortTrust(VPT)andDredgingCorporationofIndiaLimited(DCIL)

is held in DCIL today. Shri V.V.S Sreenivas, CVO of both DCIL & VPT in his welcome

address,emphasizedtheneedtostrengthenthesystemstopreventcorruption.

GuestofHonour,SriP.LHaranadh,Dy.Chairman,VPTwhiledeliveringaddress

laudedtheeffortsputbybothorganizationsintakingthemessageofCVCtograssroot

levelbyconductingseveralactivities. .Hestressed the importanceofhardworkand

efficiencyintheeraofstiffcompetition.

Guest of Honour, Sri S.B Shankar SP, CBI, Visakhapatnam, emphasized the

importanceofbeingvigilantandtruthfulinallspheresoflifewhichwouldinturnmake

the watchdogs like vigilance Department or other Government machinery literally

defunct.

Special guest of the function, Sri G. Sarada Prasad, Advisor, Sagarmala

emphasizedtheneedfor introspection.He furthercitedvariousexamples fromGeeta,

which are still apt in the present scenario like Service toMankind is service to God.

WhiletermingITastherealenablerincombatingcorruption,hetoldhonestyhasown

reward.

Chief Guest of the function, Prof.Dr.V. KeshavaRao Vice‐Chancellor (In‐charge)

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University while addressing the gathering

accentuatedtheeffectofpowerandpotentialofanindividualincombatingcorruption..

          

   

INAUGURAL DAY OF V.A.W‐2018   

LightingofLampbyChiefGuestandotherDignitiriesduringInaugural

FunctionofV.A.W‐2018

ChiefguestandotherDignitariesduringInauguralFunction 

IntegrityPledgeBeingtakenbyDCI&VPTEmployees 

AsectionofaudienceduringInauguralFunction 

Group Photo with Chief Guest and other Diginitaries 

            

 

DAY‐2:30.10.2018

1. POSTERCOMPETITIONFOREMPLOYEES

PosterCompetitiononthetopic“EradicateCorruptionBuildaNewIndia”

WasconductedfortheEmployeesofDCIL,Visakhapatnam

2. ESSAYWRITINGCOMPETITIONINENGLISHFOREMPLOYEESEssaywritingCompetitioninEnglishonthetopic““EradicateCorruptionBuildaNew

India”wasconductedfortheEmployeesofDCIL,Visakhapatnam.FurtherinProject

Office,HaldiaalsoEssaywritingCompetitionwasconducted.

3. QUIZCOMPETITIONFOREMPLOYEESOFVPT

QuizCompetitiononVigilanceAwarenesswasconductedfortheEmployeesofVPT,

Visakhapatnam.

POSTERCOMPETITIONFOREMPLOYEESOFDCI

ESSAYWRITINGCOMPETITIONFOREMPLOYEESOFDCI

QUIZCOMPETITIONFOREMPLOYEESOFVPT

DAY‐3:31.10.2018

 VIGILANCEAWARENESSWALKATR.KBEACH

To spread awareness against corruption amongst the general public, Dredging

CorporationofIndiaandVisakhapatnamPortTrust organizedaVigilanceAwareness

WalkatR.K.BeachRoad,apartofVigilanceAwarenessWeek2018observance. The

walk was flagged off by Sri M.S Rao, Director (Operations & Technical) of Dredging

Corporation of India. A large number of employees from DCI & VPT participated in

additiontogeneralpublic.

Amassintegritypledgewastaken.Itwasfollowedbyasignaturecampaign

against Corruption. Banners, posters and placards depicting the theme of Vigilance

AwarenessWeek2018weredisplayedatthevenue.

VIGILANCEAWARENESSWALKATBEACHROAD

SIGNATURECAMPAIGNAGAINSTCORRUPTIONATBEACHROAD

DAY‐4:01.11.2018

1. FLASH‐MOB : FlashmobdepictingtheevilsofcorruptionwasperformedinQueensMary’sGirlsHigh School, Port High School and CMR Central, one of the busiest mall ofVisakhapatnam by a group of professionals in order to create awareness andsensitizationamongschoolchildrenandgeneralpublicofVisakhapatnamandwereappreciatedbyeverybody.

2. MASSINTEGRITYPLEDGE:MassIntegrityPledgewastakenbystudentsandteachersofQueensMary’sGirls

HighSchoolandPortHighSchoolandgeneralpublicinCMRCentral.

3. FORMATIONOFCVCLOGO:

LogoofCVCwasformedbythestudentsofPortHighSchool. 

FLASHMOBORGANISEDATCMRCENTRAL(SHOPPINGMALL)

INTEGRITYPLEDGEBEINGTAKENBY

STUDENTSOFQUEEN’SMARYGIRLS’HIGH

SCHOOL

FLASH‐MOBAT QUEEN’SMARYGIRLS’HIGH

SCHOOL

FORMATIONOFCVCLOGO&HUMANCHAIN BY

THESTUDENTSOFPORTHIGHSCHOOL

FLASH‐MOBAT PORTHIGHSCHOOL

DAY‐5:02.11.2018  INTERVIEW BY CVO ON DD SAPTAGIRI ON THE OCCASION OF VAW‐2018  ChiefVigilanceOfficerinhisinterviewonDDSaptagiri,inlucidandsimple

wayexplained invernacular languagetheconceptofVigilanceAwareness

Week,RoleofCVC,VigilanceandCBIandtheuniqueconceptofE‐Pledgeas

propagatedbyCVCandparticipationofpublicineradicatingcorruption.It

waswellconceivedbytheviewersacrosstheTelugustates.

  

 

InterviewofChiefVigilanceOfficer,DCIL&VPTonDDSaptagiri                    

 DAY‐6:03.11.2018

 ValedictoryFunctionon03.11.2018

Valedictory Function of the Vigilance Awareness Week 2018 was organized by

Visakhapatnam Port Trust and Dredging Corporation of India Ltd on 3rd of

November, 2018 at Sambamurthi Auditorium, Visakhapatnam Port Trust. –

Dr.ShankhaBrataBagchi, IPS,Director,ACB,Vijaywada was theChiefGuestat the

Function, Sri Jaysheelan, Director (Vigilance),MoS, Prof. (Dr). A. Prasanna Kumar

Director(CentreForPopulationStudies)weretheguestsofhonour.

Prizesweredistributedbythechiefguestandguestsofhonourtothewinnersof

various in‐house competitions held in connection with the Vigilance Awareness

WeekinbothDCILandVPT.AlargenumberofDCIandVPTemployeesparticipated.

 

   ADDRESS BY DY. CHAIRMAN,VPT DURING VIGILANCE WEEK VALEDICTORY FUNCTION AND 

SECTION OF AUDIENCE  

   ADDRESS BY CHIEF GUEST, Dr.Shankha 

Brata Bagchi, IPS, Director, ACB, VijaywadaSIGNATURE CAMPAIGN BY DIGINITRIES 

VARIOUS  OTHER  OUT REACH ACTIVITIES   

(1) DISTRIBUTIONOFINTEGRITYPLEDGEPAMPLETEducationoncorruptionpreventionandcreatingawarenessandsensitizingthe

mindsplayanimportantroleinthefightagainstcorruption.Therefore,apamphletof

integrity Pledge in English & Telugu 2018 was distributed to the general public

including students of schools and colleges. All were requested to take the integrity

Pledge(E‐Pledge)throughCVC/DCIL/VPTwebsite.

INTEGRITYPLEDGEPAMPLETINENGLISH INTEGRITYPLEDGEPAMPLETINTELUGU

(2) SKITINALLINDIARADIOANDFM:FiveSkitsperformedbyVisakhapatnamPortTrustemployeeswerebroadcasted

inAllIndiaRadioandFMrepeatedlyduringthewholeVigilanceAwarenessWeek.

(3) SIGNATURECAMPAIGNAGAINSTCORRUPTION A signature campaign against corruption was initiated for the citizens of

Visakhapatnam. People in many public places like beach Road, Malls, offices and

collegesparticipatedenthusiastically.

SIGNATURECAMPAIGNAGAINSTCORRUPTIONATCMRCENTRAL

SHOPINGMALL

SIGNATURECAMPAIGNAGAINSTCORRUPTIONATR.K.BEACHROAD

(4) PASTINGOFSTICKERSINVEHICLESSpeciallydesignedStickerswithVigilanceandanti‐corruptionmessageshave

beenpastedinallofficialvehiclesofVPTandDCI

PASTINGOFSTICKERSONVEHICLES

(1) SOCIALMEDIAThePosters/Bannersandinformationaboutvariousactivitiesinconnectionwith

VAW‐2018 have been uploaded in Company’s Official Twitter handle and

FacebookPage.

POSTEDINTHEOFFICIALTWITTERHANDLEOFDCI

(2) WEBSITE

ThewebsitesofbothVPTandDCIhavebeenusedtopromulgatethemessagesof

CVCandtoencourageemployeesandcitizenstotakeCitizen’sPledgeonline.

LinkofCVCE‐Pledgehasbeenplacedinourwebsite.

LINKOFCVCE‐PLEDGEWASPLACEDINOFFICIALWEBSITEOFDCIANDVPT

(3) BULKSMS

Bulksmswereforwardedtocreateawarenessandtoencouragecitizenstotake

E‐Pledge.

(4) HOARDINGSATPROMINENTPLACESOFVISAKHAPATNAM

TwentyHugeHoardingsofSize20ftx10fthavebeendisplayedinprominent

placesofVisakhapatnam.

INSDEGAJUNCTION NAVALDOCKYARDJUNCTION

SHEELANAGARJUNCTION AIRPORTJUNCTION

HARBOURPARKJUNCTION PORTAREADCI‐H.O

(5)              MASSINTEGRITYPLEDGE

Mass integrity Pledge were administered for general public in various busy

placesofVisakhapatnamlikeR.KBeachandCMRCentralMall.Besidesstudents

and teachers of 11 Schools and 10 Colleges participated in theMass integrity

Pledge.

IntegrityPledgebeingtakenbycollege students Integrity Pledge being taken by school

students

TakingIntegrityPledgebyDCI&VPTEmployees

TakingIntegrityPledgefromschool Teachers andStudents

(6) ARRANGEMENTOFKIOSKSANDSYSTEMS

KiosksandSystemswerearrangedinordertofacilitateemployees,studentsand

citizenstotakeE‐Pledge.

(7) DISPLAYOFBANNERSINVESSELS/SHIPS

VigilanceAwarenessWeek2018Bannersweredisplayedinvariousvesselslike

Tugs, Tankers, Survey Launches and Cargo Ships available in Visakhapatnam

Port andDredgers of Dredging Corporation stationed at different Ports across

India.Further,MasterandcrewofthevesselstookIntegrityPledge.

DISPLAYOFBANNERSONCARGOSHIPS

DISPLAYOFBANNERSDREDGERSANDTUGS

(8) DISPLAYOFPOSTERS/BANNERS

Large Number of Posters and Integrity pledge banners were displayed with

Vigilance and anti‐Corruption messages in every nook and Corner of

VisakhapatnamPortandDredgingCorporation.

(9) TelecastofCVCMessageinTelugu,HindiandEnglish

Afiveminutesvideo,containingthedeliberationbyCVOonthemessageofCVC

inTelugu,HindiandEnglishwas telecasted inTV(at theentranceofbothVPT

andDCIL)twiceadayforthewholeVigilanceAwarenessWeek

 VIGILANCEAWARENESSWEEKOBSERVATIONATPROJECTOFFICESOFDCI

TheVigilanceAwarenessWeekwasobservedenthusiasticallyattheprojectsofficesand

otherofficesoftheCorporationatHaldia,Kolkata,Kochi,Mumbai,Chennai,paradipand

New Delhi. Elocution/Essay writing competitions were held on corruption related

topics.Banners,postersandplacards,depictingtheevilsofcorruptionandpromoting

ethicalvaluesandintegrityweredisplayed.