Chandigarh, June 18 – On the occasion of the 5th International Yoga Day on June 21, functions will be organized at 79 places in Haryana. The State level function will be organized in district Rohtak. Union Home Minister, Mr. Amit Shah and Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal will be the chief guests in the state level function, while Haryana Ministers, MLAs, MPs and other office bearers will be the chief guests of function to be held at the district and Vidhan Sabha constituency level.

Haryana Chief Secretary, Mr. D.S. Dhesi disclosed this today, while reviewing the arrangements and management of functions to be held on the occasion at state level and in assembly constituencies, on June 21, 2019, here. All arrangements related to organization of these functions have been completed, he added.

About three lakh participants will participate from the state, in which 21,000 participants will be from district Rohtak and Faridabad, besides this 5,000 participants will participate in the assembly level functions. The participants will mainly include, students, different organizations of Arya Samaj and various institutions related to Yoga campaigns.

It was informed in the meeting that Control Room has been set up at Headquarters level in the state. Apart from this, website has also been created for registration of participants. From 7 am to 8 am, Yoga would be done in these programmes to be held on June 21. According to common Yoga Protocol issued by Union Ministry of AYUSH, related yoga training has been given at district level.

Those present in meeting included, Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Mr. P. K. Das, Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department, Mr. Rajiv Arora, Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Mr. T.V.S.N. Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Mr. Anil Kumar, Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Mr Anand Mohan Sharan, Secretary, Health Department, Mrs. Amneet P. Kumar and other senior officers.