like other districts in the State, the 71st Independence Day was celebrated in Pauri district too with enthusiasm on Tuesday. The Garhwal Commissioner unfurled the national flag in the commissioner office and congratulated the people on the occasion.
The district magistrate Sushil Kumar said that India now boasting of being the youth majority nation, things are bound to progress fast while hoisting the Tricolour in the collectorate premises. Remembering the legendary leaders of the freedom movement, he said that the achievements of India since independence over the seventy years are not little.
“The Centre and the State Government have launched several welfare schemes to benefit the people. Cleanliness being an important index of development, we must strive hard together to make cities, towns and villages clean under the Prime Minister’s Swatch Bharat Mission,” he said.
Among others who spoke on the occasion were the chief development officer Vijay Jogdande and ADM Ramjee Sharan Sharma. While cross- country race was organised by the district sports department a plantation programme was organised by Zila Panchayat where the district magistrate, Zila Panchayat president Deepti Rawat and Pauri block pramukh Santoshi Rawat participated.