The Chief Minister Harish Rawat has emphasised that Yoga should be linked with the economy of Uttarakhand, said the Principal Secretary (PS), medical health and family welfare, Om Prakash while undertaking a review meeting of the officials of different departments on Friday. The meeting was organised to take stock of the preparations of the department for forthcoming International Yoga Day.
A State level workshop on June 21 would be organised at Pavilion ground. The CM Rawat would be the chief guest on the occasion.
Om Prakash said that the workshop would start at 9 am on the day. The department would hold rehearsal of the event on June 19 and 20. The workshop would be attended by the officials of sports directorate, the departments of Ayurveda and Yunanai, tourism, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Uttarakhand Technical University, Medical health and family welfare, youth welfare , National Cadet Core (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS).
The workshop would also be attended by Yoga instructors and large number of students. The Yoga instructors would also be felicitated on the occasion.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Education D Senthil Pandian, Municipal Commissioner Nitin Bhadoria, ADM Pratap Shah, Director secondary education R K Kunwar, Director AYUSH A K Tripathi, Joint Director Information Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Director Tourism Punam Chand, CO city
Manoj Katyal, Registrar Ayurvedic University Dr Mrityunjay Mishra and representatives of many educational institutes.