MEETING REGARDING DISTRICT-LEVEL REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS HELD

Ludhiana, January 7, 2019: The district-level Republic Day function would be organised at Guru Nanak Stadium, here on January 26, 2019, in which Education, Food Processing and Freedom Fighters Cabinet Minister Punjab Mr OP Soni would be the chief guest and would hoist the national flag. A meeting in this regard was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal at Bachat Bhawan, here today.

During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner urged all the government departments to celebrate this Republic Day with full enthusiasm and national integration. He informed that students from different schools of the district would present cultural function and would also participate in these district-level celebrations. He informed that more than 2000 students would also present a PT Show and lazim. Besides, families of freedom fighters would also be honoured on the occasion.

The Deputy Commissioner informed that the function would start at 9:58 am with the hoisting of national flag by the Chief Guest. The rehearsals for this function would be organised at Guru Nanak Stadium on January 21, 22 and 23, 2019, while the full dress rehearsal would be held on January 24, 2019.

While issuing necessary directions to the officials, the Deputy Commissioner said that both Republic Day and Independence Day are our national festivals and all residents should celebrate them with fervour, communal harmony and national integration. He directed the officials to perform their duties with utmost devotion. Municipal Corporation Ludhiana officials were directed to ensure cleanliness of the entire city. Mr Agrawal appealed to all residents of district Ludhiana to attend this function along with their families.

Prominent among those who attended the meeting included Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Dr Shena Aggarwal, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Mr Iqbal Singh Sandhu, IAS (Under Training) Mr Sagar Setia, Joint Commissioner MC Mr Kulpreet Singh, Assistant Commissioner (General) Mr Amrinder Singh Malhi, SDM Mr Amarjit Singh Bains, Secretary, Regional Transport Authority Mrs Lovejeet Kaur Kalsi, AETC-2 Mr Navraj Singh Brar, Assistant Commissioner (Grievances) Miss Kanu Garg, ACP Mr Rajan Sharma, besides several others.