Cleanliness, yoga to help realise dream of Viksit Bharat: Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said that with cleanliness and yoga, the country would move towards realising the dream of ‘Viksit Bharat’ at a rapid pace.

The Chief Minister, while addressing a review meeting organised with various institutions regarding the state-level International Yoga Day celebrations, said that a grand and historic event would be organised on the occasion of Yoga Day in Kurukshetra.

Preparations began with the launch of a cleanliness campaign on May 27 and daily yoga classes are underway for the grand event on June 21.

“Yoga is not associated with one person or ideology. It is been adopted by people across the world. Yoga is our heritage and it keeps us healthy. But over the years, people have started taking medicines to cure minor diseases when those diseases can be easily controlled with yoga. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea of yoga at the United Nations, 177 countries agreed to it and today, yoga derived from our land, has reached every person in the world,” the CM said.

The Chief Minister urged officials of institutions, NGOs, business organisations and other social and religious organisations present at the meeting to play their role in making the programme successful.

He further said, “A target of over one lakh people performing yoga on June 21 in Kurukshetra has been set and the arrangements are being made accordingly. The Brahma Sarovar and Mela Ground have been divided into 103 sectors. Out of these, 64 sectors have been made at Brahma Sarovar and 37 sectors at the Mela Ground and surrounding areas. Arrangements have been made for 1,000 yoga practitioners to do yoga in every sector. Nodal officers and volunteers will be deployed in each sector to ensure a smooth event.”

He said the theme of International Yoga Day this year is ‘One Earth, One Health’. The Haryana Government has added ‘Yoga Yukt, Nasha Mukt Haryana’ slogan with it. The CM said, “The young generation is the strength and future of this country and if we want to save our youth from drug addiction, we have to connect them with yoga. Drug addiction in youngsters is harmful to society and the progress and development of the country.”

The Chief Minister administered oath to the people present at the meeting to adopt yoga in life, to stay away from addiction and to inspire others.

Haryana Yog Aayog Chairman Dr Jaideep Arya said on June 21, about 10 lakh yoga practitioners in the state would sow medicinal plants and more than one lakh people in Kurukshetra will set a world record by doing yoga together.

At the meeting, former state minister Subhash Sudha, Deputy Commissioner Neha Singh, Superintendent of Police Nitish Agarwal and several other officials were present.