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67th Republic day celebrated across Jammu division; Governor for maintaining close vigil on the frontiers


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R-Day celebrations; Governor for maintaining close vigil on the frontiers

 

 

          JAMMU, Jan 26:Governor N. N. Vohra hoisted the tricolour at the State level function on the occasion of the 67th Republic Day, at Maulana Azad Stadium, here this morning which was attended by 25-30,000 people. 

 

The Governor inspected the parade and took the salute at an impressive march past. The smart contingents participating in the Parade were from the Army, Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, men and women contingents of the JKAP, Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Disaster Response Force, J&K Fire and Emergency Services, J&K Forest Protection Force, Ex-Servicemen, NCC Boys and Girls, Bharat Scouts and Guides, Bands of Army, BSF, J&K Police, Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police and of the various boys and girls schools. For the first time, a contingent from Himachal Pradesh Police also participated in the March Past.

 

Mrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady; Mr. Kavinder Gupta, Speaker, Legislative Assembly; Haji Inayat Ali, Chairman, Legislative Council; Mr. Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Assembly; Members of Parliament; Legislators; Judges of the State High Court, senior Civil, Police and Army officers, political and social activists, prominent citizens, media persons and a large number of the citizenry were present on the occasion.

 

A colourful cultural pageantry based on national integration and the glorious composite heritage of the State was presented by several thousand students from various local schools on this occasion. Bhartiyam, in which students from various educational institutions participated and Khargam presented by CRPF Headquarters, Bantalab, Jammu, received a thunderous applause. Army Weapons and Equipment Display by Army, air display by Air Force and Motorcycle Acrobatics display by men and women Dare-Devils of J&K Police received repeated cheers from the jam-packed audience in the Stadium.

 

Like other parts of the country 67th Republic Day was celebrated with enthusiasm and patriotic fervour across Jammu region. 

At KathuaDeputy Commissioner Kathua Ramesh Kumar hoisted the National Flag at Sports Stadium, Kathua and took salute at the march past comprising of contingents of Police, CRPF, Forest Protection Force, Police training School, Kathua, NCC and platoons from various Government and private schools.

Impressive cultural items based on patriotic theme were also presented by students of various institutions.

          While congratulating the people on 67th Republic Day, DC said that it is a matter of pride and honor to celebrate this day as on this day Mahatma Gandhi started Swaraj movement, which further ignited the freedom struggle during the British rule.

          He also said that India is biggest democracy of the world and brotherhood, communal harmony and tolerance are key attributes making it a diverse and inclusive democracy.

          Among others MLA Kathua Rajeev Jasrotia, MLA Basohli Ch. Lal Singh, Additional District Development Commissioner, Kathua, Dr Manmohan Singh, SSP Kathua Neeva Jain, district officers, prominent citizens and large number of people and students were present on the occasion.

Similar functions were also held at tehsil headquarters throughout the district.

            At Bani, SDM Rajesh Basotra hoisted the Tricolour and took salute. Colourful cultural programme was also presented on the occasion by the school children.

          At Hiranagar SDM Sohan Lal unfurled the National flag at Mini Stadium, Hiranagar and took salute at the march past. Colourful cultural programme and skits on patriotic theme were presented on the occasion by the school children.

          At Billawar, SDM, R.S Charak hoisted the National flag and took salute at the march-past. Colourful cultural programme was also presented on the occasion.

          At Basohli, SDM Gurmukh Singh hoisted the Tricolour and took salute.

At Doda The main function of Republic Day was held in the sports stadium Doda , where Deputy commissioner Bhupinder kumar hoisted the Tricolour  and after inspection of parade took salute at the  march past  Contingents drawn from  the  J&K Police,   IR,5th Bn, CRPF 76 Bn, NCC, FPF, Home guard and school children.

Greeting the people on this occasion, Deputy Commissioner said that on this joyous occasion we must pay homage to the great leaders who carried out a prolonged struggle and sacrificed their lives to liberate India from the colonial rule. “We must also pay tribute to the founding fathers of the Constitution of India who set for us the goals of nationhood” he added.

He further said that there are certain challenges in the society against which we need to put in concerted efforts to liberate the society from these evils. Towards the attainment of  an objective  of a society free from these evils all of us must pledge and  join hands to negate all divisive and communal forces and promote societal harmony and brotherhood which is imperative for focusing on the development” , he added.

A scintillating cultural programme was presented by the School Children, NGOs and Artists of J&K Academy of art culture and languages on the occasion.

DIG Doda- Ramban range Nissar Ahmed, SSP Doda Z.N Manhas, among other officers of District Administration and Army were present on the occasion.

At Bhaderwah, Sub Divisional Magistrate,  Mohd Anwar Banday unfurled the National flag and took salute at march past contingents.

          Similar, functions were held at all the Tehsil headquarters across the district.

At Samba, the main function was held at  Arazi Stadium Samba, where  District Development Commissioner Samba Sheetal Nanda unfurled the Tricolour and took salute at the march past contingents of J&K police, Home Guard, Ex-Servicemen and students of various schools.

SSP Samba Joginder Singh, Additional Deputy commissioner  Pawan Sharma and large number of citizens, officers of civil and police administration attended the function.

Addressing the gathering, DDC extended warm greetings to the people on the occasion and urged to take pledge for maintaining harmony and brotherhood.  DDC threw light on the initiatives being taken for development of the district.

On the occasion, Medical Superintendent District Hospital Samba Dr Arun Sharma, Dr Kulrattan Anand, Dr Naresh Gupta, Sham Kishore J.E P.H.E, Amardeep Singh President Lions Club, Ajay Singh from Crime Patrol Group, CAPD Sr Asst Surinder Singh Sambyal were awarded for their distinguished and outstanding services. Besides, meritorious students, best students, players and 08 teachers who had achieved 100% result were also felicitated.

Republic Day function was also organized at Sub divisions Ghagwal and Vijaypur, where the respective SDMs hoisted the flag and at tehsil headquarters tricolor was hoisted by the respective tehsildars.

At Khour, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Rakesh Kumar hoisted the Tricolour and took salute at the march past contingents.

A colourful cultural programme based on the patriotic theme was also presented by school children on the occasion.

At R. S. Pura, SDM hoisted the National flag n and took salute of the march-past contingents. Colorful cultural programme was also presented on the occasion.

At Rajouri, the main function was held in sprawling ground of District Police Lines,Rajouri where District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Shabir Ahmed Bhat unfurled the Tricolour and took salute at the impressive parade comprising of CRPF,JKP, NCC cadet, Forest Protection force and children of various educational institutions. 

     Vice chairman, Pahari Advisory Board, Kuldeep Raj Gupta, MLC Vibodh Gupta, DIG, Rajouri-Poonch Range, Ashok Attri, SSP, Rajouri, Rajeshwar Singh, ADDC, Rajouri, Avtar Singh Chib besides other district officers attended the function. 

     Addressing the gathering, Bhat highlighted the importance of Republic day and said that the countrymen got this special day due to supreme sacrifices of the freedom fighters.

Referring to the development scenario of district, Bhat said that 80% of the target under district plan   has been achieved so far.  

     Later, school children presented a cultural bonanza depicting rich heritage of Pahari and Gojry culture.  

       Awards were also presented to various officials of Police and civil administration for their outstanding dedication towards their work. 

   Similar functions were also held at all the tehsil and block headquarters of the Rajouri district. 

At Kishtwar, Deputy commissioner Kishtwar G. N Balwan unfurled the national flag at parade ground Kishtwar and took salute at march past contingents drawn from the CRPF, CISF,  JKP,JKAP, Forest protection force, NCC and school children.

          Deputy Commissioner greeted the people and paid rich tributes to the freedom fighters and drafters of the constitution. Recalling the sacrifices of great leaders of the country for strengthening the bonds of brotherhood and unity, Mr Balwan said that leaders like, S.C Bose, B.R Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and J L Nehru laid a strong edifice of brotherhood, amity and communal harmony in the country.

          Highlighting the achievements made under Ladli Beti and Aasra schemes in the district, he said that more than 2000 registrations have been done under the scheme which is remarkable.

 Scintillating cultural programmes were also presented by school children on the occasion.

The function concluded with the distribution of awards to the winners and Government employees who have done commendable work in public service.

          MLA Kishtwar, Sunil Kumar Sharma, ADC Kishori Lal, SSP Kishtwar Sandeep Wazir besides other district officers were also present on the occasion.

Similar functions were also held at all Sub-divisional and Tehsil levels across the district where the respective sub divisional Magistrates and Tehsildars unfurled the National Flag and took salute.

At RAMBAN, District Development Commissioner, Ramban, Bashir Ahmed Dar unfurled national flag and took salute at the march past contingents of JKP, IRP, CRPF, FPF, NCC and the students.

           DDC after greeting the people of the district paid tributes to the freedom fighters and great leaders of the country who gave great contributions for making India an independent Republic. He also gave a brief account of the main developmental activities of the previous year and which are to be completed in near future. He called the inauguration of the phase- II, 450 MW Unit of the 900MW Baghlihar Hydro Power Project and laying the foundation stone of the Udhampur-Banihal 4-lane project by the Prime Minister, as   big milestone in the development of not only in the district but also the J&K.                                                                 

He also expressed his grief over the death of ten workers of Chenani-Nashri tunnel project in a fire incident at Dhalwas, Batote on the night of December 31.                                               

A colorful cultural programme based on the patriotic themes and the popular local folk dance, Thaali Dance presented by the local students entertained the audience.                                                                                     

The prizes were also distributed among the best three performers of cultural programme and parade.

 MLA, Ramban, Neelam Langeh, Commander11–Sector,Brigadier KP Singh and SSP, Ramban, Randeep Kumar were also present on the occasion. The students, officials and prominent citizens were also felicitated for their distinguished services in their respective fields.

          At Banihal, Ramsu and Gool Sub-Divisions the national flag was hoisted by the respective SDMs.

At Reasi,  District Development Commissioner,  Ms Sushma Chauhan  unfurled the National Flag and took salute at an impressive march past of 28 contingents drawn from J&K Police, CRPF, NCC and educational institutions at Sports Stadium, Reasi.

MLA Reasi Ajay Nanda, ADDC Bhawani Rakwal, SSP Reasi Sujit Kumar, ADC Reasi Shiv Kumar Gupta, ACR, DYSSO, CEO, CPO, senior officers from Civil and Police Administration, prominent citizens, general public and students in large number were present on the occasion.

While speaking on the occasion, DDC paid homage to the great leaders and freedom fighters who gave immense sacrifices to liberate India from the British rule and security personnel who laid down their lives for upholding sovereignty and integrity of the country. She also highlighted the major developmental projects taken up in Reasi to provide better facilities to the people.

 Students of various educational institutions presented a scintillating cultural programme depicting rich culture and heritage of the region. Later, Priz

 


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