At least 5,000 people are expected to participate in the grand celebration on International Yoga Day on June 21 at Library Ground, Sector 5 in Bokaro Steel City. Deputy Commissioner, Bokaro, K N Jha, reviewed the celebration’s preparedness and inspected the place of celebration.
Jha asked the officials for the arrangement of toilets and drinking water at the site of the event as people from all walks of life are expected to join the celebration on the day.
Besides district administrative officials, teachers, students of different Government schools and employees of NGOs. CRPF, SISF, JAP and CISF cops will participate in the event, informed K N Jha Deputy Commissioner Bokaro.
“We are at work, for the publicity of the programme has been entrusted to the District Public Relations Department,” he said.
“Aiming to create awareness about the health benefits of Yoga among the mass and to motivate them to do yoga every day, we are going to organise ‘Run for Yoga’ on 16 June which will starts at 6 am from the Airport Gate and concluded near Circuit House,” said Jha.
“District administrative official, members of various stake holders including several intellectuals of the city will participate in this run. I personally want to appeal, people (in mass) must join this big moment and get the benefit of the ancient exercise,” added Jha.
As a prelude, several officials in different organisations were undergoing a week-long training programme in Yoga.
As part of this movement, a district-level training camp on the theme of yoga is scheduled from 12 June to 14 June in each and every panchayat and blocks of the district, informed VK Hembram DPRO Bokaro.
To commemorate the day, many schools initiated Yoga Awareness camp for its staff and students.
The various asana would be performed in the camp are tadasana, katichakrasana, trikonasana, bhujangasana, shashankasana, surya namaskar, yoga nidra, pranayama and anulom-vilom.