Recalling the immense struggle and sacrifices made by the Statehood agitators, 14th Statehood Day of Uttarakhand was observed at Police line in Dehradun on Saturday. Many breathtaking motorcycle display and air shows, presented by the BSF soldiers were the main attraction of the programme. Paying homage to the Statehood martyrs, Governor of Uttarakhand, Dr Aziz Qureshi, said that, recently the State has witnessed a huge loss due to the natural calamity and said the State need to make some collective effort to overcome the losses.
Qureshi added that we all should make a cooperative effort in rebuilding the State once again. Meanwhile, Qureshi also congratulated the State on the 13th anniversary of the State formation. While thanking the Governor for appreciating police force for its good work, DGP BS Sidhu, expressed his gratitude to him for promoting and awarding the police officials for their distinguished work and for encouraging and boosting the morale of police officials.
Meanwhile, Sidhu also said that efforts are being made in order to modernise and mobilise the police force and various new schemes would be launched by next year. He said that we are also planning to introduce latest scientific investigation techniques in order to modernise the police force. To keep a check on the regular traffic violators, we are planning to introduce some new traffic controlling techniques in 2014.
Congratulating people on the occasion of 14th Statehood foundation day, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna said that this day should be observed in the form of inspiration day and each of us should take inspiration from this day.
Meanwhile, he also urged the members of all the political outfits of the state to make joint efforts and participate in the development of the state. He also expressed his grief to the statehood martyrs and said State Government would provide all types of assistance and support to their families.
The Governor also honoured the recipients of Rashtrapati Police Medal-2012 for their recognised, distinguished and meritorious service in the police force. These officers were Jagdish Singh Bhandari, Harendra Pal Singh, Devendra Singh Digari, Rajpal lal, Mohan Chandra Joshi and Jagat Singh Somant. Pankaj Gairola, Vipin Chandra Pant, Rajkishore Singh Farshwan, Sunit Singh Negi and Ritu Negi were also honoured for his exemplary service with certificates and cash prize.
Many thrilling performances were presented by the BSF soldiers including makkhi riding (formation made in the shape of insects), yoga ride (six soldiers performed on one motorcycle displaying various yoga postures), musical ride (different sounds created while motorcycle riding), zig-zag formation, arrow-head formation, front and rear formation, T-shape position were some exciting formation in the show.
The main attraction of the day was chest jump motorcycle ride, which raised many eyebrows. Another breathtaking taking performance was the flag march performed by the BSF soldiers, in which total of 4 soldiers gave an amazing performance of maintaining balance on just nine motorcycles under the guidance of Inspector Avadhesh Kumar.
Among the dignitaries present were former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Sports Minister Dinesh Agrawal, SSP (Dehradun) Kewal Khurana.