Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the third international yoga day programme on June 21 next will be held here at Ramabai ambedkar maidan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the programme in a big way in the state and to hold yoga at all the district headquarter.
Free transport will be provided to those participating in the Yoga day function at the Ramabai Park. This would be the third international yoga day functions and first in UP. The first International Yoga day function attended by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was held in Delhi and second in Chandigarh.
Chief Minister on Sunday reviewed the preparations for the International Yoga day with the Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and Union ayush minister S Naik. Rajnath Singh is also MP from lucknow. Along with the main programme in lucknow Yaga day would be observed at all the district headquarters , tehsil and development block headquarters, schools, colleges , parks and at other public places. The government will also take measures to ensure the participation of the common people.
Chief Minister said besides refreshment, the yoga mat, and T shirt will be provided to the participants in Yoga day programme. He said 55,000 people are expected to participate in the programme to be attended also by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. CM said it will not be a government programme for the common people. All the participants who would be attending the function in lucknow would be allowed free transport from their native place. Besides social organisations and school children would be given special entry for the function for which registration would start soon," the CM said.
For the wide publicity of the Yoga day programme chief minister directed that required arrangements be made for the live telecast of the programme and big lED screens be installed at the public places and the parks. Official sources said 104 lED screens are proposed to be installed. CM also asked the authorities to hold a 28 day training programme of the participants prior of attending the programme in lucknow.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh appreciated those efforts of the UP government for making this event a grand success. He said Ramabai maidan is an ideal venue for the programme.
The inaugural event at Rajpath in Delhi in 2015 established two Guinness world records awarded to the Ministry of Ayush, which organises this event. The two records were for the largest yoga class, featuring 35,985 people and for the largest number of participating nationalities of 84 nations. During the second, International Yoga Day at Chandigarh, around 30,000 participants had attended along with Prime Minister. The Yoga function would be held in lucknow on June 21 from 6 am to 8 am where Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev would lead the event.
On Sunday morning Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, visited the venue and gave his approval for the Rambai Ambedkar rally ground for the function.
Earlier the district authorities have selected two venues for the programme -- first a Ramabai Ambedkar rally ground and another at the nearby Kanshi Ram Smriti Upvan.
Official’s sources said that over 50,000 people including several union ministers, MPs, industrialists, state ministers and legislators would participate in this Yoga function. “We would require around 1.83 lakh square meter of area to organise the function as every person participating in it would require 3.6 meters of area to perform the yoga," the official said.