Gujarat govt to celebrate World Yoga Day on a grand scale

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has prepared a detailed plan to celebrate World Yoga Day on a grand scale across the state on June 21, a Sunday.

The celebrations are part of the pan-India celebrations to be carried out by the Centre after the United Nations (UN) had recently announced to celebrate the day on June 21, an official release said.

For the state-level celebrations, a central committee has been set up under the chairmanship of state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, it said.

To involve students of schools and colleges as well as common citizens of cities as well as rural areas, separate committees were also formed at district and taluka level, it added.

As per the plan, Yoga will be performed at various designated centres across the state at 7 AM on June 21. To maintain uniformity in Yoga performance, government will telecast a 33-minute TV program on Yoga, which will be broadcast across the state.

Participants will be required to perform Yoga as per the demonstrations shown in the program, it added.

To make this celebrations a successful event, the state government will conduct Yoga camps for citizens at various centres across the state between June 15 and 20.

In addition, a separate program of 'training for Yoga trainers' will be carried out at selected centres between June 7 and 14, stated the release.

To ensure maximum participation, the state government will involve various schools, colleges, NGOs, cultural groups and training institutes at district and taluka level, it said.