With Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated to perform Yoga with thousands of people at Forest Research Institute (FRI) campus here on the occasion of International Yoga Day on June 21, the Uttarakhand administration has started preparing for the mega event. To oversee preparation for the event, the Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh held a meeting with representative of many organisations and Government officials at State secretariat on Friday.
He said that the function is being held to make people aware about Yoga and more and more people should participate to make the programme a success. Singh made an appeal to the Yoga institutes should send their instructors for providing 15 days free Yoga training. The institutes and organisations should appoint nodal officers for the event, he suggested.
The Secretary Ayush, R K Sudhanshu said that the online and offline registration for the event will start from Saturday and suggestions regarding the programme can be sent on email- ID-ayushgram88@gmail.com. He disclosed that arrangements have been made to provide 15 days free Yoga training at many places at Haridwar and Dehradun.
The representatives of Patanjali Yogapeeth, Dev Sanskriti University, Art of living, Parmarath Niketan, Bharat Swabhiman Trust, lions Club, Ayurveda University, Institute of Water Conservation, AIIMS Rishikesh, Wildlife Institute of India, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Ordnance Factory, Sanskrit University, Brahmakumari ashram, NIVH, BSNl, Army, ITBP and other organisations participated in the meeting.
From the government side the Joint Secretary Ayush Ranjit Kumar, the Union Additional Secretary Vasu Reddy, the Vice- Chancellor and Registrars of universities and heads of various institutes also attended the meeting.