Rich tributes were paid to former President late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam across Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
The Chhattisgarh Government has also declared seven-day mourning in the State when the national flag would remain half mast and there will be no cultural programmes organised by the Government during the mourning period.
In the condolence meet held at the Mantralaya in Naya Raipur, tributes were paid to former President by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and senior Government officials along with the employees of Mantralaya who observed two-minute silence to pay tributes to Dr Kalam.
Two-minute silence was also observed by the officers and employees at the Indrawati Bhawan at 12 noon in the memory of the former President in Naya Raipur.
A condolence meeting was held at the headquarters of the state-owned power companies in Raipur in which officers and employees paid tributes to Dr Kalam.
In Raipur's own Marine Drive, youths paid tributes to the late President in front of a ‘Rangoli’ drawn in his memory.
Tributes were paid to the former President in the headquarters of the Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress party in Raipur by the leaders and workers.
Condolence meetings were also held in the various district headquarters across the State.