In the run-up to International Yoga Day in State, the Government is leaving no stone unturned. The Government has targeted around 5,000 NCC cadets along with 10,000 people to commemorate the Yoga Day celebrations at Morhabadi Grounds .Besides, the waterproof hangar meant for the convenience of CM Raghubar Das, legislators, bureaucrats, school-college goers and public, another hangar has been made at Morhabadi exclusively for the NCC cadets.
“We have been told to set a separate hangar for NCC cadets. It will accommodate thousands of NCC cadets,” said a worker setting the hangar at Morhabadi ground on Friday.Even an official of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) department confirmed most of the participants in the Special Yoga Camp will hail from NCC wings.The 33 minutes yoga asanas programme will be maintained across the world at the same time. It will commence at 7 am and conclude at 7.33 am. The schedule will not be delayed by a second. Participants have to reach the spot by 6.15 am,” said the AYUSH department official.
As far as the yoga asanas are concerned, asanas mentioned in the protocol of AYUSH Ministry will be performed here. “The programme will commence with yoga prayer ranging for about two minutes. Each asana would be performed not more than three minutes,” the official added.Both the hangars are huge and measure 80 by 500 feet. “We may tune instrumental music while performing the asanas,” the official said relating with the 100 loudspeakers installed within the hangars.The hangar for the Ministers, Bureaucrats and Public is divided by barriers. legislators have been asked to sit in the first row. The second row is for IAS, IPS, IFS, Military and Para-Military officers.Health Principal Secretary K Vidyasagar informed experts from Patanjali Yogpeeth, Art of living, Yogoda Satsang and Yog Mitra Mandal will demonstrate the asanas from the stage.
“The CM is expected to deliver a speech after the completion of the programme. He will then inaugurate the State Yoga Centre at East Jail Road. It is likely to run in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode,” said the AYUSH official.For the convenience of participants, labourers have laid carpet and would cover it with white cotton sheets.Interestingly, the mega-event is grabbing the attention of the street-vendors putting their stalls around the ground everyday. An ice-cream vendor said, “I usually sell ice-creams from 10 am. But, on Sunday I will sell from 7 am onwards as a large crowd is coming for practicing yoga. I hope to earn more than other days.”The thousands of school students hailing from Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Indian Council of Secondary Education (ICSE) participating here have been trained by yoga experts of Art of living and Patanjali Yogpeeth in a three day workshop conducted in their respective schools.