Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the tricolor is a symbol of our pride, honor and patriotism. ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign will be given a multi-dimensional form in Madhya Pradesh.
Chouhan was reviewing the preparations for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign and the progress of massive tree plantation of Ankur Campaign from August 13 to 15 at his residence office. The main campaign of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ in the state will be held from August 13 to 15. Various activities of the campaign will continue from August 11 to 17. Chief Minister Chouhan also held talks with the collectors through video conference in the meeting.
Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Director General of Police Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Additional Chief Secretary Home Rajesh Rajoura, Additional Chief Secretary General Administration Vinod Kumar, Principal Secretary Culture Shivshekhar Shukla, Principal Secretary Public Relations Raghvendra Kumar Singh and other officers were present. Principal Secretary Culture Shukla gave a presentation.
The Chief Minister said that ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is a remarkable campaign in Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. It strengthens the feeling of patriotism. This is the programme for all resident of Madhya Pradesh. District collectors should immediately hold meeting in their districts to ensure the success of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. Chief Minister Chouhan said that maximum people should be motivated to join the campaign by holding meetings with religious gurus, workers of political parties, key office bearers of resident associations, businessmen, NGOs and other literary and cultural fields. If we mobilize for the campaign with everyone’s participation, we will get good results. Necessary environment should be created for the campaign. Everyone should cooperate right from collectors to Kotwar.
Chouhan said that cooperation of various bhajan troupes and local artists should also be sought. Prabhat pheris should also be taken out in cities and settlements before August 13 the date of starting of the campaign. The act of carrying the national flag in hand will inspire other citizens. People can also be inspired by uploading its photos and videos on social media. If necessary, prizes should also be given to those who participate by organizing marathons, kavi sammelans in cities.
The management in factories has to do the work of connecting labourers to make the campaign a success. Participation of people working in various commercial establishments, hand cart drivers, street vendors, auto rickshaw drivers etc. should also be mobilized. Women members of self-help groups should take part in the campaign. Elected Panchayat officials and corporators can participate in the campaign in large numbers.
Chouhan said that ministers in charge, MLAs and MPs should call upon people and make efforts at their level to make the campaign successful. This campaign will become successful with systematic publicity. Chief Minister Chouhan said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has taken the initiative to put the national flag on his Twitter handle. Other Twitter account holders should proudly display the tricolor in their DP. The preparations for the campaign will be reviewed again in the coming week in Madhya Pradesh.
It was told in the presentation that a total target of 1.52 crore tricolors has been set in Madhya Pradesh. The work of making 1.2 crore tricolors is going on at the local level. Women from self-help groups are also involved in making the tricolor. About 50 lakh tricolors will be made available by the central government. So far 20 lakh tricolors have been received from the Centre.
At the local level 63 lakh tricolors have been prepared. 36 thousand distribution centers have been set up for distribution of tricolors in all the districts of the state. For publicity, you can upload and post photos/selfies with the tricolor on the harghartiranga.com website of the central government and take certificates from there. On opening all the websites of the state government, information about the tricolor campaign will be available in the form of a banner which will start soon. Steps are also being taken to broadcast Watan Ka Raag programme from Akashvani and Vividh Bharati, use of radio jingles, booklets and staging street plays. Collector Burhanpur has taken an initiative to connect more and more people with the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign at the district level with a short film. This short film was screened in the meeting. Collector Mandsaur said that the important people of the social sector have been given the responsibility to take the initiative to buy the tricolor, which will be available at a meager amount. With this publicity, the general public will be inspired to join the campaign.
Planting trees is a campaign to save the earth
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan urged to make tree plantation campaign successful in all the districts. He said that the work of Hariyali Mahotsav and Ankur Abhiyan has to continue. Recently, these works were reviewed by the Chief Secretary. The districts whose progress is slow must increase their efforts. Planting trees is a campaign to save the earth. Collectors must also plant trees on their birthdays. More and more children should be involved in tree plantation. The work should be made successful by connecting Jan Abhiyan Parishad with the other organizations. Planting trees should not be a done as a ritual. If this is done from the heart, then we will definitely be successful in enhancing greenery. Many lives depend on one tree. Many birds, insects and moths reside here. This is an important campaign of the government, which inspires us for the generations to come. Work should be done to fulfill the target of planting saplings in the districts till Independence Day.
Plantation campaign
Principal Secretary Environment Shri Aniruddha Mukherjee presented the details of the progress of work done by the districts in the tree plantation campaign which started from July 28. This campaign will run intensively till 15th August and will continue. It was informed in the presentation that the work of registration of citizens is going on in the state on ‘Ankur Vayudoot’ app. Excellent work has been done in Indore, Shivpuri, Datia, Ashoknagar, Narmadapuram, Morena and Guna districts including capital Bhopal. District Coordinator, Jan Abhiyan Parishad and District Informatics Officer have been given the responsibility for the verification of Ankur programme in the district. Information was given about the efforts started by Collector Chhindwara and Collector Shivpuri to connect more and more people to the campaign.