Heritage is the identity of any society or place and it is the duty of all to preserve heritage, said the Youth Welfare and Planning Minister Dinesh Aggarwal while speaking as the chief guest at the Youth Heritage Walk-2013 in Dehradun on Sunday.
The minister stressed on the need for identifying heritage while exhorting the youth to preserve heritage which was vital formaintaining identity of the society.
Dehradun city is historically and culturally important due to which people from across the nation accord priority to living in this town. Aggarwal exhorted the youth to commit themselves to keeping Doon clean and green.
He appealed the students of various schools participating in the heritage walk to make effort from their level to make the city beautiful and clean. “Uttarakhand has been blessed with many naturally beautiful and historically important sites. These sites will be elaborately publicised and heritage walks for youth will be organised in each district of the State to make the youth aware of such places. The youth will be informed about the religious and historical sites during heritage walks on a regular basis,” he said.
The information provided in heritage walks will prove interesting for tourists and help generate income for youth. The minister said that the youth heritage walks will become a source of income in the tourism sector. In the future, the four Siddh Peeth of Dehradun and important religious sites in Rishikesh will be included in the heritage walk which will be undertaken as a campaign.
Sports secretary Ajay Kumar Pradyot said that nine historical places of Dehradun had been added to the heritage walk circuit. District magistrate BVRC Purushottam said that Youth Welfare, Sports and Tourism departments will coordinate to prepare an elaborate programme and the unemployed will be trained to work as guides.
On Sunday, the youth heritage walk comprising 50 students touched Jangam Shivalay, Clock Tower, Jama Masjid, CNI Mission School, Sharnimal Bazaar, Dharshini Gate, Durbar Sahib and Hanuman Chowk.