The 67th Independence Day of the nation was celebrated with enthusiasm in and around Hazaribagh. The day started with paying tribute to the martyrs and policemen.
After this, Tricolour was raised at different places by distinguished personalities. Parade, cultural program, distribution of aid materials to the needy ones, fancy matches, patriotic songs, plays and other programmes were among the highlights of the day.
In the main fuction of district administration in stadium premises Minister Jaiprakash Bhai Patel, Commissioner Nitin Madan Kulkarni in commissionary office, DC Sunil Kumar in the collectoriate, SP Manoj Kaushik at SP office, SDO Rajeev Ranjan at Sub-Divisional office, DDC Ravindra Singh at DRDA office, Braj Kishore Jaiswal at District Board office, Abhijeet Sen at Red Cross Society premises, Media man Umesh Pratap at Press Club, Commandant at Home Guard Training Centre, Sindoor, VC Dr. RN Bhagat at VBU, at municipal council office chairman Anjali Kumari, at St. Columba Principal Dr. SK Toppo, at KB Women’s College Principal Dr. Rekha Rani, at Annada College Principal Dr. OP Sharma at Markham College Principal Dr. BN Rajwar, at district education office DO Rajkumar Singh, at Inter Science College Principal Dr. Basant Jha, at NTPC site office, Barkagaon. Project In-Charge PK Upadhyay, at Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, Amritnagar the secretary Girija Satish, at Jan Jagran Kendra Rameshwar Singh, SK Mishra at BOI zonal office, Ashok Kumar at DAV school, at Atal Bhawan MP Yashwant Sinha, at Krishna Vallabh Ashram District Congress President Vijay Kumar Yadav, at JVM office Manish Jaiswal, RJD office Bhuneshwar Patel, CPM office Ganesh Citu, JDU office Anil Kumar Singh, AJSU office Vikash Rana and at CPI office Ex-MP Bhuneshwar Prasad Mehta raised the Tricolour.
In the main function of stadium premises Minister JP Patel said that under the leadership of young Hemant Soren their government will develop the state and give justice to all. He said that Hazaribagh will be developed as a model district and his government is ready to do everything for it.