Print Yatra reaches Uttarakhand for the first time

Ludhiana, July 9, 2018: Ludhiana, July 9, 2018: Offset Printer’s Association (OPA) was established in the year 1988 to look after the day to day problems of the printing and packaging industry. The OPA which, only a quarter century ago, was a fledging group with a handful of members has now established itself into a dynamic and influential organization that provides a strong voice for the needs of printing community. We at OPA believe that serving the printing industry is our mission. To achieve this motive we have not limited ourselves to only Ludhiana but tried to reach at the every corner of the region/country. Print Yatra: OPA is the only and premier association to launch ‘Print Yatra’ which is a unique project and a very humble beginning to establish complete networking between 250,000 printers of India.Through this project we are motivating the printers to work jointly, form associations and come together for the overall benefit of the printing industry. This project was initiated in the year 2010 and till 2016, we have visited 90+ cities and covered approx. 11,000 kms. in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and parts of South India. It is worth mentioning that due to these efforts, 51 new printers’ associations emerged mostly in Northern region. The sixth edition i.e. ‘Print Yatra 2018’was launched at Pathankot with a planning to visit 70+ cities covering a distance of about 5600 k.m. in 2018. Printers from 11 cities (Delhi, Amritsar, Jammu, Pathankot, Batala, Jalandhar, Sri Mukatsar Sahib, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune) were present on the occasion and message was conveyed to them. 1st Leg of Print Yatra-2018 was started from Ludhiana on 26th May, 2018 and it was decided to visit different placed during week end to avoid business loss. With your blessings we have already completed seven legs of Print Yatra 2018 and visited 60+ cities covering a distance of approx. 5607k.m.as per details given here under: 1st Leg 26-27 May, 2018 Visited 14 cities covering approx. 812k.m. viz. Jagraon; Moga; Talwandi; Faridkot; Sri Mukatsar Sahib; Jalalabad; Fazilka; Abohar; Malout; Bathinda; Barnala; Sangrur; Dhuri; Samana; Patiala and Malerkotla. 2nd Leg 2-3 July, 2018 Visited 09 cities covering 663k.m. Viz. NawanShahar; Hoshiarpur; Dharamshala, Palampur; Kangra; Una; Nangal; Garhshankar; and Banga. 3rd Leg 9-10 June, 2018 Visited 14 cities covering 758k.m. Viz. Phillaur; Gorayan; Phagwara; Nakodar; Beas; Kapurthala; Batala; Gurdaspur; Mukerian; Una; Rupnagar; Chandigarh; Morinda and Samrala. 4th Leg 16 June, 2018 Visited 04 cities covering 662k.m. Viz. Khanna; Rajpura; Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar. 5th Leg 23-24 June, 2018 Visited 04 cities covering 746k.m. Viz. Baddi (Nalagarh, Barotiwala, Solan); Shimla;Mandi and Hamirpur. 6th Leg 30 June -1 July, 2018 Visited 08 cities covering a distance of approx. 1120k.m. viz. Mansa, MandiDabwali, Hanumangarh, Suratgarh, Ellenabad, Sirsa, Hisar and Rohtak. 7th Leg 7 – 8 July, 2018 Visited 07 cities and covered a distance of approx. 846k.m. Viz. Ambala, Saharanpur, Dehradun, Haridwar, Muzaffarnagar, Panipat and Karnal. Since 11 cities were covered during North Zone Printers meet at Pathankot, the total number of cities covered during this phase of Print Yatra 2018 comes to 71. With this visit 5 new printers associations at Jalalabad, Chandigarh, Samrala, Hamirpur and Dehradun emerged. One to one contact was possible with more than 1000 printers during this visit. Speaking on the occasion about the concept Prof. Kamal Chopra said, Print Yatra is a mission for the strengthening the printers of India. Initially we started the Print Yatra in 2010 to visit neighbouring cities in Punjab only but Print Yatra started expanding and we started covering Haryana and Jammu by 2012. But it was not the end during 2014 Print reached Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh also. 2016 was the prime year when some cities of South India were also covered and in during 6th edition of Print Yatra in 2018 another state Uttrakhand is also included in the map of Print Yatra. This time we are receiving calls from deep Rajasthan and N. E. states for conducting Print Yatra in these states for the promotion and strengthening of Print. Invitation is also received from Nepal and Indonesia, thus soon Print Yatra may become International event. Prof. Chopra added that though we have already completed the goal for the year by spreading the message of networking in 70+ cities covering a distance of 5607 k.m. but, we will continue visiting other cities and under this project during 2018. Mr. Parveen Aggarwal thanked the team OPA viz. Prof. Kamal Chopra, Mr. Hans Raj Chopra, Mr. Nitin Malik, Mr. G S Dhillon, Mr. Gagandeep Singh and Mr. Amarjot Arora who took keen initiative for the success of 6th edition of Print Yatra during 2018 and said the project would not have been possible without the selfless contributions of these members of OPA.