JAMMU: Over 1200 people including officers, officials and students drawn from all the zones of district Jammu performed Yoga with enthusiasm and fervour as the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) celebrated International Yoga Day with zeal and zest at Khel Gaon Nagrota here Wednesday.
The activity began at around 7 am and concluded at 9:30 AM. The programme was conducted under the overall supervision of Deputy Director Youth Services and Sports (Central), Jitender Mishra in the presence of Joint Director Youth Services and Sports Jammu, Suram Chand Sharma; Deputy Director (P) Ravi Kumar; Accounts Officer, Sunil Kumar and District Youth Services and Sports Officer Jammu, Sukhdev Raj Sharma, while Yoga master trainers Anil Sharma and Rajesh Bandral provided the requisite tips to the participants.
Speaking on the occasion Mishra said that this year the theme of Yoga Day is ‘Yoga For Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ i.e. Yoga for the welfare of all in the form of ‘One World-One Family’, adding it emphasises the spirit of Yoga, which unites and takes everyone along.
He said the government is committed to promote sports and other allied activities in every nook and corner of the country, adding that everyone ought to contribute towards ‘Fit India Movement’ to make a healthy nation.
