Haryana to celebrate International Yoga Day as 'Yog Utsav'

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said his government has decided to celebrate 'International Yoga Day' on June 21 as 'Yog Utsav' in the state.

He announced that a programme would be organised in Panchkula from June 12 to June 14 where yoga training would be imparted as a part of the 'Utsav'. Khattar was reviewing preparations for International Yoga Day celebrations through video conference here with all deputy commissioners in the state. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was also present in the meeting, an official release said.

The chief minister said that a national-level programme of International Yoga Day will be held in Chandigarh on June 21 in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the chief guest.

During the meeting, the deputy commissioners apprised Khattar that apart from 100 participants from each district that would participate in the national-level programme at Chandigarh, 5000 to 10,000 participants of their respective district would take part in district-level programme.

Khattar directed the deputy commissioners to ensure installation of big LED screens in their respective areas so that the people could also perform yoga while watching the Prime Minister on screen and listen to him.

It was apprised in the meeting that yoga training camps would be organised at block-level in the state for panchs and sarpanches besides other elected representatives and administrative officers from June 1 to 3.