The 70th Independence Day was celebrated enthusiastically across Pauri district on Monday with prabhat pheries being taken out by the students and colourful programmes being staged all through the day to mark the occasion.
The main flag hoisting programme was held in the premises of the collectorate in Pauri. Addressing the gathering, Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt said that their focus was trained on taking development to the nook and corner of the district. “Our motto is to let all prosper as we stress on last man delivery,” he said. Bhatt said all must strive against social injustice and division in the name of caste and community while laying emphasis on cooperation.
ADM Ramjee Sharan and sub-divisional magistrate P l Shah were among those who attended the programme. Mohd Haffiz who had crossed 100 said they must be vigilant to protect the unity and integrity of the country.
The students of Government Girls Inter College and scouts/ guides presented the patriotic songs while Shailja Sanskritik Sanstha presented Kumaoni and Jaunsari folk dance clad in traditional costumes.
On the eve of the Independence Day, the sports department conducted a race and the health department distributed fruits among the patients of the hospitals based in Pauri, Srinagar and Kotdwar.
Garhwal commissioner CS Napalchayal and other district administration officers participated in a plantation drive and planted different species of fruit plants in Kandoliya. Napalchayal instructed DFO that the saplings thus planted live and grow. CDO Vijay Johdande, additional commissioner Harak Singh Rawa and DFO Ramesh Chandra were among those present.