Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday joined thousands of participants to perform yoga at Haryana’s Karnal district on the occasion of International Yoga Day.
Manohar lal-led BJP Government in Haryana organised various functions at district level and sub division level to celebrate the yoga day. While the Chief Minister was the chief guest in a district-level function organised at Indri in Karnal, Cabinet Ministers, MlAs and chief parliamentary secretaries took part in various district level functions in the State.
On the occasion, Manohar lal urged the people to adopt yoga as a part of their daily routine and contribute their efforts towards realising the vision of clean, healthy and prosperous India. After performing yoga asanas along with thousands of yog sadhaks at Karnal, the Chief Minister also lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to make yoga day an international event.
Describing yoga as the key to ensuring physical, mental, cognitive and spiritual health, he said that International Yoga Day was being observed in all sub-divisions and districts in the State.
To promote yoga, Haryana Government had launched the ‘Yog Evam Vyayamshala’ programme, under which yogshalas were being opened in all villages and cities in the State. Sports stadia are also being established in all villages. Sanskrit University is being established in the name of Maharshi Valmiki in village Mundri, district Kaithal to promote Sanskrit, he said
Khattar said under the National Health Mission, AYUSH wings were being established at district level, in which yoga experts were being appointed. International-level yoga and naturopathy institute would be established in Panchkula.
Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College, Kurukshetra has been given the status of AYUSH University and Government Ayurvedic college is being established in village Patti Khera, district Mahendragarh. Yoga is also being taught in schools, colleges and universities in the state, he added.
The Chief Minister also released book ‘Yog Vigyanam’ penned by Ayurveda and Yoga expert, Acharya Balkrishna, on this occasion.
later, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of various development projects to the tune of about Rs 44.5 crore.
Referring to demand for girls’ college in Indri, the Chief Minister said Government college for women would be established in Indri area under the State Government’s scheme to establish Government college at every 20 kms. At present, the State has 46 Universities, 113 Government colleges and 97 Government-aided private colleges. Three Government colleges, including one each at Alewa, Hathin and Barota, have been made functional in the current year, he added.