11th International Yoga Day celebrations in Vizag on June 21st - PM Modi to attend - CS

11th International Yoga Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam on June 21st - Prime Minister to attend - CS reviews arrangements

Vijayawada, May 14: International Yoga Day celebrations will be held in Visakhapatnam on June 21st. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest for these celebrations.
On Wednesday, Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand held a preliminary review with the officials of the concerned departments at the CS Camp Office in Vijayawada on the arrangements to be made in this regard. On the instructions of Prime Minister Modi, in December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21 as International Yoga Day. On June 21, 2015, the first International Yoga Day was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi. 35,985 people performed yoga asanas on a single platform, achieving two Guinness records. So far, 10 International Yoga Days have been organized. When the Prime Minister came to Amaravati on May 2, he announced that he would attend the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam. Accordingly, the state government will make appropriate arrangements to organize the 11th International Yoga Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam on June 21 with the slogan "Yoga for One Earth, One Health".

To celebrate the 11th International Yoga Day this year, the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga has already launched a global campaign in the name of 100 organizations in 100 cities in 100 days from March 13 to June 21 to create awareness about the importance of yoga in protecting everyone's health. In line with this, the state government is taking large-scale steps to create awareness about yoga among the people with the slogan "Yogandhra-2025".

The state government is making arrangements to celebrate the 11th International Yoga Day in Visakhapatnam with the participation of about 2 lakh people in collaboration with the Union Ministry of AYUSH, Art of Living, Isha Foundation, Yoga Sports Association, various universities and other organizations.

Especially in view of the upcoming International Yoga Day, the state government will implement a 4-week four-pronged campaign action plan from the 29th of this month to increase awareness among the people about yoga and make it a success. Yoga awareness campaigns will be organized at the district level in all districts for the first week from the 29th of this month, at the assembly constituency level for a week from June 5, at the village level for a week from June 12, and at the educational institution level from June 17 on a large scale.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand said that elaborate arrangements have to be made to successfully organize the International Yoga Day celebrations in Visakhapatnam. He said that the government has appointed Special Chief Secretary of the Medical and Health Department M.T. Krishnababu as the nodal officer at the state level to supervise the arrangements. Therefore, he instructed the officials to start the arrangements from now onwords.He said that all students studying from 8th class to degree and PG from various educational institutions in Visakhapatnam city should be involved in this program. Similarly, CS Vijayanand suggested that representatives of the Ayush Mission across the state, yoga instructors, yoga sports associations, yogasana sports associations, PETs, sports coaches, and various central government institutions in Visakhapatnam should be involved in a large scale.

Union AYUSH Ministry Secretary Rajesh, who participated virtually in this meeting from Delhi, said that the event management will be finalized in a few days and two lakh T-shirts and yoga mats will be sent to the state. He made it clear that all necessary support will be provided to the state government to organize these International Yoga Day celebrations successfully.

In this meeting, Special Chief Secretary and Nodal Officer M.T. Krishnababu made a power point presentation regarding the International Yoga Day celebrations and said that arrangements will be made for about two lakh people to participate in these celebrations. He said that the Union AYUSH Ministry will soon finalize the event management. He said that the place to organize this event in Visakhapatnam has to be finalized.

Principal Secretary of the State General Administration Department Mukesh Kumar Meena, Commissioner of Medical Health and Family Welfare Department Veerapandian, Director of AYUSH Dinesh Kumar participated in this meeting. Also, Principal Secretary of PR & RD Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Secretary of Education Department K. Shashidhar, Commissioner of CRDA K. Kannababu, Secretary of IT Department K. Bhaskar, Secretary of Youth Services Department Vinay Chand, Collector Vizag Harindra Prasad are attended virtually.