Hundreds of families from Haryana living in the United Kingdom celebrated Haryana Swarna Jayanti Utsav with great fervour and enthusiasm.
Haryana Tourism Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, and Information, Public Relations and languages Minister Kavita Jain also participated in the event organised by members of ‘Haryana in UK Association’ in london.
The event was marked by colourful cultural performances, including songs associated with Haryana, and cultural programme.
Congratulating the people belonging to Haryana on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of the inception of the state, the Tourism Minister said that various celebration programmes were being organised all over the state and abroad. The Prime Minister Narendra Mod had launched the celebrations with a grand event at Gurugram on November 1, which was dedicated to the people of the State, said Sharma.
The Prime Minister had also released a commemorative postal stamp on the occasion, besides launching and dedicating to the people various schemes including ‘Deen Dayal Awas Yojana’, computerised functioning of fair price shops and programme to make Haryana kerosene-free by March 31, 2017, said the Tourism Minister.
Extending best wishes to the people on this occasion, Kavita Jain said that Haryana is progressing fast. The rural areas of the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Yamunanagar, Panipat and Panchkula have been declared Open Defecation-Free (ODF) and the entire state would be declared ODF by 2017, she said.
Those present on the occasion included Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Development Corporation, Sameer Pal Srow, state BJP media incharge Rajiv Jain and president, Haryana in UK Association, Kuldeep Ahlawat.