Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda will attend the state-level golden jubilee function of Himachal Pradesh Statehood Day at the Ridge ground here on January 25.
Himachal Governor Bandaru Dattatreya will preside over the function that will also be attended by Union Minister Anurag Thakur.
The Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday visited The Ridge here to review the preparedness of arrangements regarding celebration of golden jubilee function of Statehood.
He gave necessary directions to the officers for making foolproof and elaborate arrangements to make the event a success and
memorable one.
He asked them to ensure that minimum inconvenience is caused to the general public and tourists during the celebrations.
Thakur also visited exhibition stalls and gave necessary directions to concerned officers to make the exhibitions interesting and catchy so that people could get a glimpse of 50 years of glorious journey of development, the state had witnessed.
The journey of the state’s 50 years would be depicted in an exhibition where various departments of the State Government would showcase their achievements.
The state level function would be held on the Ridge in the presence of 2,000 people amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A special postal stamp would be released to mark the occasion. A total of 51 events would be organised round the year to commemorate the golden jubilee of Himachal’s statehood.
Apart from the state level function, district level programmes at district headquarters will be organized on the theme of golden jubilee celebration. All the SDMs have been directed to organize such functions at sub-division headquarters.
Notably, it was on January 25 in 1971 when Himachal Pradesh was carved out as the 18th state of the country.