Ahead of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned visit to Dehradun on the occasion of International Day of Yoga on June 21, the State Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh chaired a meeting to review arrangements for the occasion. He said that a run for Yoga will be organised in June to raise public awareness on Yoga.
Presiding over the meeting at the secretariat on Tuesday, Singh directed the formation of various organisation committees. The Chief Secretary will head the apex committee, Additional Director General of Police will head the law and order committee, AYUSH secretary will head the coordination committee, the Ayurveda University Vice Chancellor will head the Yoga committee, Dehradun District Magistrate will head the programme venue committee, Transport Secretary will head the transport committee, Information Secretary will head the media committee while the Municipal Commissioner will head the sanitation committee. Additionally, nodal officers in the various departments will also name a nodal officer each. The ITDA will take care of online registration and pass for the event. The Chief Secretary said that the services of an expert Yoga guru should be taken to train the participants in the event to be held on the International Day of Yoga. A control room will also be formed to regularly monitor the arrangements.
It should be mentioned here that the Prime Minister is slated to participate in a mass Yoga programme in Dehradun on June 21. The laws at Forest Research Institute have been proposed as the venue for this. On this day, about 60,000 participants will practice Yoga together. A rehearsal will be held on June 18 followed by a full dress rehearsal on June 19 for the event to be held from 7 AM to 7:45 AM. Participants will be from the Uttarakhand police, army, paramilitary forces, National Cadet Corps, National Service Scheme, Scouts and Guides, Yoga institutions, schools, colleges, women and senior citizens, youth clubs Asha and ANM workers among others. The director general of police Anil Raturi, additional chief secretary Radha Raturi, Principal Secretary Anand Wardhan and other senior officials were also present in the meeting.