Security has been beefed up in the city in view of the International Yoga Day event on June 21 here which will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Around 5000 police personnel will keep a hawk-eye vigil in Chandigarh on the International Yoga Day. The main event, which is being held at Capitol Complex, is likely to be attended by around 31,000 people out of the total 1,20,000 who have registered themselves.
The UT Administration has issued prohibitory orders in the area around Capitol Complex and Punjab Raj Bhawan from two days in view of Prime Minister’s visit here.
Ajit Balaji Joshi, UT District Magistrate, in his orders issued on Friday stated, the public in general or any member thereof is prohibited from taking out processions, making speeches, raising slogans, assembly of 5 or more person with lathies, lethal weapons, etc. within 200 meters area around all routes, i.e., main route, alternative route, contingency route & places of function, i.e., Capitol Complex and Punjab Raj Bhawan from noon on June 20 to June 21 noon.
Also, all the parking within 200 feet of the carcade routes is declared as “no parking zone” from the mid night of June 19/20 till June 21 noon, stated the orders.
As per the tentative schedule, PM Modi will fly from Delhi at 9 pm on June 20 and land at Chandigarh Airport around 9.50 pm where he will be received by Punjab and Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal among other dignitaries.
The Prime Minister will stay at Punjab Raj Bhawan overnight. On June 21, Modi will leave for Capitol Complex at 6.20 am to attending the one-hour event. He is likely to fly back to Delhi at around 8.15 am.
A series of programmes are being held in the run-up to the mega-event on June 21.
The UT Administration had organized a yoga festival from June 9-12, in which (Art of living founder) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was the guest of honour. A few days back, a 3-day State level Yoga Training Camp was organised in Panchkula in which Haryana's brand ambassador for Yoga and Ayurveda, Baba Ramdev imparted training to the participants including Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, Ministers, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, MlAs, Chief Secretary and other senior officers.
As part of the build-up to the mega event, world's first 3-D impressions of yoga were displayed at Sukhna lake. Yoga flash-mob and moonlight yoga were also organised ahead of the event in the city.
The UT Administration will issue special radio frequency tags to the participants in order to track their attendance and secure the venue. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards will have details including name, Aadhaar number, photo, gender and age of each of the participants.
There will also be a selfie zone at the venue, which is in line with the local administration's effort to impart a tech-savvy feel to the event.
This will be the Prime Minister's second visit to the 'Capitol Complex', which was designed by Chandigarh's founder-architect le Corbusier, within six months. Modi hosted French President Francois Hollande at the venue on January 24 this year.