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JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015 ||
Colourful functions mark 66th R-day celebrations
GJ REPORT
JAMMU, JAN 26: Like other parts
of the country, 66th Republic Day
was celebrated throughout Jammu
region with patriotic fervour and
enthusiasm.
At Reasi, the Republic Day was
celebrated with gaiety, and national
spirit at District, Sub-division, tehsil
and block levels.
The main function was held at
Mini Sports Stadium Reasi, where
Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Shabir
Ahmad Bhatt hoisted the Tricolour
and took salute at the parade comprising of 31 contingents drawn from
CRPF, District Police, IRP, Police
Training Centre Talwara, NCC and
students from various government
and private schools.
At Katra, the Republic Day was
celebrated with traditional fervour
and patriotism. The main function
was held at the upcoming Multi-purpose Sports Stadium, being established by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
Shrine Board, where Dr. Mandeep. K.
Bhandari, Chief Executive Officer,
SMVDSB, hoisted the Tricolour and
took salute at an impressive marchpast by the contingents drawn from
CRPF, J&K Police, NCC Boys and
Girls, Scouts and Guides, besides the
students of various educational institutions.
At Kishtwar, the main function
was organized in historic Chowgan
ground where Deputy Commissioner
Kishtwar, Mohammad Javed Khan
unfurled the Tricolour and took salute
at the march past contingents of JKP,
CRPF, IRP, CISF, FPF, NCC students
of Degree College, Boys HSS and
other schools.
At Samba, Deputy Commissioner
Samba Mubarak Singh unfurled the
Tricolour and took salute at the march
past contingents of army, ExServicemen, JKP, and students of various schools.
Singh extended warm greetings to
the people on the occasion and
recalled the sacrifices of the great
leaders and freedom fighters.
The Republic Day function was
also organised in sub divisions of
Samba and Vijaypur where the
respective SDMs hoisted the National
Flag, whereas similar functions were
held in tehsil headquarters of the
District with great enthusiasm in
which tehsildars hoisted the
Tricolour.
At R.S Pura, SDM R.K Sharma
unfurled the National Flag and took
salute at march-past. Colourful cultural programmes based on patriotic
themes were also presented by various educational institutions.
At Khour, SDM Rakesh Kumar
unfurled the Tricolour and took salute
at the march past drawn from various
contingents. A colourful cultural programme was also organized on the
occasion in which school children and
local artists participated.
At Ramban, 66th Republic day
was celebrated at the District Police
Lines ground Ramban where Deputy
Commissioner, Ramban Farooq Shah
Bukhari hoisted the National Flag and
took salute at the march past.
At Doda, On the occasion of 66th
Republic Day, Deputy Commissioner
Doda Shyam Vinod Meena unfurled
the Tricolour and took salute at the
march past contingents of JKP, CRPF,
IRP, FPF, JKHG, NCC and students of
government and private educational
institutions.
At Kathua, 66th Republic Day
was celebrated with great zeal, fervor
and gaiety at Sports Stadium Kathua.
District
Development
Commissioner Kathua Dr Shahid
Iqbal Choudhary hoisted the National
Flag and took salute at the parade.
The contingents comprised of Police,
CRPF, PTS Kathua, Forest Protection
Force, NCC and students of government and private educational institutions.
At Basohli, SDM Gurmukh Singh
hoisted the National Flag and took
salute at the march past.
At Bani, SDM M.A Banday
hoisted the National Tricolour at
Government Girls High School, Bani.
At Hiranagar, SDM Sohan Lal
unfurled the National Flag and took
salute at the march past.
At Billawar, SDM, Rajehshwar
Singh Charak hoisted the National
Flag and took salute at the parade.
Colorful cultural programme was also
presented on the occasion.
At Udhampur, the Republic Day
function was held in the premises of
Government PG Degree College for
Boys,
where
the
District
Development
Commissioner,
Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal hoisted the
National Flag, inspected parade and
took salute at an impressive march
past presented by 41 contingents
drawn from CRPF, Police, Forest
Protection Force, NCC Boys and
Girls and government and private
educational institutions.
At Chenani, Sub Divisional
Magistrate Chenani, Davinder Kumar
Sharma unfurled the Tricolour and
took salute at the march past.
At Basantgarh, Republic Day
function
was
organized
at
Government Higher Secondary
School, Basantgarh where Sub
Divisional Magistrate, Basantgarh,
Deep Raj unfurled the National Flag
and took salute at the march past.
At Majalta, the R-Day function
was celebrated in the premises of
Government Higher Secondary
School, Majalta where Tehsildar,
Majalta hoisted the National Flag and
took salute at the march past.
At Ramnagar, Sub Divisional
Magistrate Ramnagar, Dhirendra
Sharma hoisted the Tricolour
At Dudu, Sub Divisional
Magistrate, Dudu, Amit Vermani
unfurled the National Flag and took
salute at the march past.
At Latti, Tehsildar, Latti hoisted
the National Flag and took salute at
the march past.
At Dansal, Tehsildar, Dansal
hoisted the National Flag and took
salute at the march past.
At
Poonch,
Deputy
Commissioner, M.H Malik hoisted
the National Flag on the occasion of
66th Republic Day celebrations at
Sports Stadium Poonch and took
salute at an impressive march past
presented by the contingents of JKP,
JKAP, NCC, Band of 93-Infantry
Brigade, QRT Commando and students of various educational institutions.
At Mendhar and Surankote Sub
divisions, SDM Mendhar, Ramesh
Kumar and SDM Surankote, Mohd
Afzal Mirza hoisted the National
Flag whereas Tehsidar Mandi, Amir
Ayaz Rather unfurled the National
Flag at Tehsil headquarter Mandi.
At Rajouri, the 66th Republic
Day was celebrated in Rajouri with
enthusiasm and patriotic fervor, The
main function was held at District
Police line, Rajouri, where District
Development Commissioner, Jitendra
Kumar Singh hoisted the Tricolour
and took salute at the march past contingents of J&K Police, CRPF, Forest
Protection Force, NCC Cadets and
students of various government and
private schools.
Meanwhile, in connection with
celebration of 66th Republic Day a
function was organized at Govt
Polytechnic for Women Jammu
where Principal of the College hoisted the National flag.
Students and staff members participated in the function and presented
colourful cultural programmes.
State unit of Indian National Trade
Union Congress (INTUC) celebrated
the Republic Day at a function where
Shiv Kumar Sharma, INTUC State
President unfurled the National Flag.
Republic Day was also celebrated
at Central Jail Kot Bhalwal by the
hoisting of National Flag by Dinesh
Sharma, Superintendent Jail, who
spoke on the importance of the Day.
National Mazdoor Conference
in collaboration with traders of Pacca
Danga and shopkeepers of Rani Park
and Youth Committee celebrated the
Republic Day as Sankalap Diwas. In
this connection two separate functions were held at Rani Park and
Pacca Danga in which NMC leader,
Subash Shastri hoisted the National
Flag.
The 66th Republic Day was celebrated by the staff and students of
Alexander Memorial School in the
school campus with usual enthusiasm
and gaiety. The programme began
with unfurling of the National Flag by
the Principal, Esther William and
signing of the National Anthem by all
those present on the occasion.
Trikuta Nagar welfare Society in
collaboration with State Bank of
Hyderabad celebrated Republic Day
with great enthusiasm and gaiety. The
flag was hoisted by Vikram Gour,
Society President in presence of large
number of residents of Trikuta Nagar
and children with their parents who
participated in the painting competition. Four children were awarded
with prizes for their paintings on
'Swachhata Abhiyaan'.
Vikram Gour welcomed the participants and exhorted the children to
take pride in participating and celebrating National functions and in
working for the people and community. Subhash Dubey, Manager State
Bank of Hyderabad also spoke n the
occasion.
State BJP organized a programme
on the occasion of Republic day at
party headquarters where party State
President and MP, Jugal Kishore
Sharma, alongwith senior leaders
hoisted the national flag. It was followed by National Anthem and distribution of sweet amid extending greetings of the day.
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah
University celebrated Republic Day
in the Campus at Rajouri. A flag
hoisting ceremony was held at Vice
Chancellor's lawn wherein Registrar
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah
University, Mohammad Rashid
Choudhary unfurled National Flag.
Guard of honour was given by JKAP
contingent.
The Republic Day was also celebrated by a team of Sainik Colony
BJP Unit. Farooq Khan (retired IGP)
and senior BJP leader hosted the
National Flag at Shaheed Major Ajay
Singh Park.
The Republic Day was also celebrated at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
Bhawan with great zeal and enthusiasm. Chief Guests on the occasion
were Ranjeet Singh, Sud-Divisional
Magistrate Bhawan and Sandeep
Sharma, Tehsildar Bhawan. After
Flag Hoisting ceremony a parade was
organized by CRPF and JKP. This
was followed by colourful cultural
events where participants from different wings of the Bhawan displayed
their talent.
Republic Day was celebrated with
much fanfare and great enthusiasm in
Tawi Vihar Colony Sidhra. The
National flag was unfurled by Lt.
Gen. L.P Sadhotra who was the chief
guest on the occasion. He also presented awards to various employees
from Electrical Department, Water
Distribution Wing and Safai
Karamcharis for their outstanding
dedication to their work in the colony.
KASHMIR
The 66th Republic Day was celebrated across the Kashmir Valley with
great enthusiasm, gaiety and fervour
today.
Divisional
Commissioner
Kashmir, Rohit Kansal was the chief
guest at Republic Day function in
summer capital at Bakshi Stadium
Srinagar who unfurled the tricolour
and inspected guard of honour. Later,
he took salute of the march past, in
which contingents of BSF, CRPF,
ITBP, J&K Armed Police, IRP,
Women's Police Force, District
Police, NCC, Fire & Emergency
Services, students of various educational institutions participated.
On the occasion, artists of
Information Department, Cultural
Academy, Youth Services and Sports
and students of various schools presented a scintillating cultural bonanza.
Addressing the function, the Div
Com said that Republic Day is the
most significant day in the history of
the country as this is the day when
people of India gave continuation to
themselves.
At Baramulla, Republic Day was
celebrated at District headquarters,
Baramulla where the Deputy
Commissioner, Dr. Farooq Ahmad
Lone was the chief guest who
unfurled National flag and took salute
at the march past. Contingents of JKP,
JKAP, IRP, CRPF, Forest Protection
Force and School children participated in the march past.
At Uri, SDM Uri, Sheikh Abdul
Aziz hoisted the National flag and
took salute at the March-Past presented by contingents of Security Forces,
Fire & Emergency Services and
school children. Moreover, cultural
programmes were also presented by
groups of students of various schools.
The Republic Day was also celebrated at Tangmarg where Tehsildar
concerned hoisted the National Flag.
At Anantnag, 66th Republic Day
was today celebrated with full fervor
and gaiety at Govt. Degree College
for
Boys Anantnag.
Deputy
Commissioner Mr. Tasaduq Jeelani
hoisted the National Flag and took
salute at the march past.
At Pahalgam, the tricolour was
unfurled
by
Sub
Divisional
Magistrate, Mr. Mohammad Aslam
who took salute at the march past on
the occasion.
At Kulgam, Republic Day was
celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety
in Kulgam district at Degree College
where senior officers of Police and
Civil administration were present on
the occasion.
Deputy Commissioner, Nissar
Hussain Wani unfurled the National
flag and took salute at the march past.
Similar functions were also held at
all Tehsil headquarters of the district
where concerned officers unfurled the
National flag and took salute on the
march past.
At Budgam, The Republic Day
was also celebrated at Sports Stadium
Budgam
where
the
Deputy
Commissioner, Manzoor Ahmad
Lone unfurled the National flag and
took salute at the march past.
Contingents of JKP, JKAP, IRP,
CRPF, Forest Protection Force and
School children participated in the
march past.
Republic Day was also celebrated
at all Sub Divisions and Tehsil head-
CMYK
quarters in the district.
At Pulwama, The 66th Republic
Day was celebrated across the district
and the main function was held at
District Police Lines where the
Deputy Commissioner, Sajad Ahmad
Khan unfurled the National flag and
took salute at the march past.
Contingents of JKP, JKAP, IRP,
CRPF, Forest Protection Force and
School children participated in the
march past.
At Shopian, The Republic Day
was celebrated at the district head-
quarters with Deputy Commissioner,
Bashir Ahmad Bhat unfurling the
National flag at Fruit Mandi and took
salute at the march past by contingents of District Police, CRPF, IRP,
JKAP, Fire and Emergency Services,
Home Guard, NCC and students of
various schools of the district.
At Bandipora, The Republic Day
was celebrated at Sher-i-Kashmir
Stadium, Bandipora where the
Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Shah
Faisal was the chief guest who hoisted the National flag and took salute at
the march past. Contingents of JKP,
JKAP, IRP, CRPF, Forest Protection
Force and School children participated in the march past.
Speaking on the occasion, the
Deputy Commissioner said that the
massive developments in the fields of
agriculture, education, horticulture,
health and improving the socio-eco-
nomic conditions of the people shall
be ensured in the district. He reminded the people about the glorious traditions of amity, peaceful co-existence,
mutual brotherhood and tolerance.
Similar function was held at Gurez
where Sub Divisional Magistrate
Gurez, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah
unfurled the tricolour and took salute
at the march past.
At Kupwara, The main function
was held at District Police Lines
Kupwara
where
Deputy
Commissioner, Itrat Hussain Rafique
unfurled the National flag and took
salute. Contingents of CRPF, IRP,
JKAP, JKP, Forest Protection Force
and School children participated in
the march past.
At Ganderbal, The Deputy
Commissioner, Sarmad Hafeez
unfurled the National flag at
Ganderbal and took salute at the
march past. The contingents of JKP,
JKAP, IRP, CRPF, Forest Protection
Force and School children participated in the march past.
At Kargil, The Chairman and
Chief Executive Councillor (CEC),
LAHDC, Kargil Haji Asgar Ali
Karbalaie hoisted the National Flag at
Khree Sultan Chow Sports Stadium
Biamathang and took salute at an
impressive march past comprising
contingents of J&K Police, NCC,
Army, Civil Band Party and students
of Government and private schools.
Thousands of people from the
adjoining villages of Kargil had gathered at Khree Sultan Chow Sports
Stadium Biamathang to watch the
parade.
At Leh, The main function was
held at Polo Ground Leh where the
Chief Executive Councillor (CEC),
LAHDC, Leh, Rigzin Spalbar
unfurled the tricolour and took salute
at the march past in which contingents of J&K Police, J&K Armed
Police, Para-military, NCC and
school children participated.
Pics by Amar
and Rakesh Khajuria