Mukhyamantri Bharat Yuva Darshan Yojana will commence from here on Sunday. Chief Minister Raman Singh will flag off the special train at Rajnandgaon.
One thousand youth from the district are all set to see Mumbai, Ajanta-Ellora and Aurangabad. The preparations for the programme have been completed, said in an official statement issued here on Saturday. District Collector Ashok Agrawal said that selection of the youth for the progamme was done on the basis of application invited from blocks. A group of one thousand youth of the district would embark upon a week-long journey with the senior officials of sports and youth welfare department. The first group of the youth will visit Mumbai, Ajanta –Ellora and Aurangabad to see and study the places.
The boarding and dinning facility during the journey have been made by ‘Mukhyamantri Bharat Yuva Darshan Yojana’ totally free of cost. Doctor and a police officer will also accompany the group of the youths during Yatra to ensure their safety. Collector Agrawal said that all the Chief Executive officers of the Janpad and officials from the local self governments have been instructed to inform about the dates of the journey to all the selected candidates for the yatra and youth from the furthest development blocks should be called to their respective block headquarters a day before the yatra commence. All the youth should be properly informed about the precautions to be followed before the journey commences, Agrawal stated. General health check-up would also be done of all the participants of the Yatra. Selected youth will be assembled from block headquarters to the District headquarters by 9 am, said Agrawal.