The main International Yoga Day programme in Uttarakhand this year will be held at the Pavilion Ground in the State capital, Dehradun.
The police, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP), personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and nursing students will also be among those who will participate in this function which will also include presentation of `51,000 each to prominent Yoga teachers, said Chief Minister Harish Rawat while chairing a meeting on Monday to chalk out the outline of programme for the International Yoga Day.
The CM said that the elaborate action plan drafted for Yoga last year should be taken further. He also directed that the police department should regularly organise Yoga camps at Gandhi Park in Dehradun and in Haldwani.
The area nearby Jageshwar and Rishikesh should be developed in the form of a ‘Yoga circuit’ apart from which the physiotherapist council should also be established in Uttarakhand.
Wherever possible, the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam should also make provision for Yoga facility in its tourist guest houses. Chief Secretary Shatrughna Singh,
additional Chief Secretary S Raju, director general of police MA Ganapathy, principal secretaries Omprakash, Manisha Panwar among others were also present in the meeting.