[Chandigarh,Punjab]Punjab To Organise Dress Rehearsal With 10 K Volunteers On 19th June For 2nd Intl Yoga Day
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today reviewed arrangements for the second International Yoga Day to be held here on June 21 in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest.
Presiding over a meeting with the delegation led by BJP state President and Union Minister Vijay Sampla to monitor the preparations for the event,Sr Badal asked Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal to put in place all logistics, facilities for transportation and refreshment for 10,000 yoga volunteers to be selected for the programme.
As per Kaushal , detailed instructions had already been issued to all the Deputy Commissioners to conduct the International Yoga Day 2016 at district and block levels across the state.
District Nodal Officers and Deputy Nodal Officers have been appointed in all the districts to finalise the training schedule of the registered participants besides distribution of Common Yoga Protocol CDs to the registered users.
The Chief Secretary said so far 21,670 yoga volunteers from Punjab have been registered on the official website to confirm their participation in the main event at Capitol Complex here against 10,000 volunteers to be finally selected for the main event.
He said that a full dress rehearsal would be organised on June 19.