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Hans India
20-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
Collector calls for grand Int'l Yoga Day celebrations
Nandyal: District Collector G Raja Kumari has directed officials to make necessary arrangements for the successful observance of International Yoga Day on June 21. She emphasized that a large-scale yoga session should be conducted at the Indoor Stadium in Nandyal and instructed officials to ensure thorough preparations. On Monday, the Chief Secretary of the State conducted a virtual conference with district collectors to review key government initiatives, including the State Project Monitoring Group, International Yoga Day arrangements, and public service feedback. Participating in the conference from the Collectorate Video Conference Hall were District Collector Raja Kumari, Joint Collector C. Vishnucharan, DRO Ramu Naik, and other officials. During the meeting, Raja Kumari stressed the need for meticulous planning for the 11th International Yoga Day event at Nandyal's Indore Stadium. She instructed officials to extend invitations to public representatives and ensure widespread participation. To facilitate seamless execution, she directed sanitation measures around the stadium and called for a well-designed backdrop and curtain raiser event. She urged officials from various departments to actively involve members of yoga associations, students, and yoga coaches in the celebrations. Additionally, committees were to be formed at district, mandal, and village levels to oversee month-long yoga activities. Earlier, Chief Secretary K Vijayanand reviewed the progress of various state development projects through the State Project Monitoring Group. He highlighted that projects exceeding 50 crores would be directly overseen by the Chief Minister. District collectors were instructed to monitor local projects to ensure timely completion. Vijayanand announced that *Yoga for One Earth, One Health* would serve as the theme for this year's International Yoga Day. The celebrations, beginning on May 21, would continue until June 21 with various awareness activities. He confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister would inaugurate the event in Visakhapatnam. The Chief Secretary emphasized that yoga is an integral part of daily life, and efforts should be made to engage the public, students, and youth in the celebrations. He also urged district collectors to regularly review public perceptions regarding government services, ensuring citizen satisfaction and implementing corrective measures where needed.
Hans India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
2 cr people should participate in Int'l Yoga Day on June 21: CS
Amaravati: Nearly five lakh people should participate directly in the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations to be held in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ramakrishna Beach in Visakhapatnam on June 21, said Chief Secretary K Vijayanand. He has called for at least two crore people to participate in the Yoga Day programme to be held in all districts across the State up to the village level. He held a video conference with the secretaries and district Collectors from the State Secretariat here on Monday on issues such as International Yoga Day, State Project Monitoring Group (SPMG) for various infrastructure projects, construction of toilets in all court complexes. Talking about the State Project Monitoring Group (SPMG) he said that the SPMG Monitoring Group will monitor the permissions, clearances and other issues related to infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 50 crore. As per the orders of the Supreme Court of India, the CS directed the district collectors to complete the construction of toilets in all the court complexes in the state within three months. He said that works worth about Rs 50 crore have already been sanctioned in this regard. Special Chief Secretary Medical and Health and State-level Monitoring Nodal Officer for the International Yoga Day celebrations, MT Krishnababu, explained through a PowerPoint presentation the arrangements to be made for the International Yoga Day. He said that arrangements are being made to ensure that 5 lakh people participate directly at the main venue of the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations. The meeting was attended by General Administration Department Principal Secretary Mukesh Kumar Meena, PR & RD Principal Secretary Shashi Bhushan Kumar, I&I Department Secretary Dr N Yuva Raj, Law Department Secretary Pratibha Devi, I&PR Director Himanshu Shukla participated. Secretaries and district collectors participated virtually.
