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| 9 day festivities to witness series of promotional activities |
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 07- The Government is going to
hold series of promotional activities during the annual Navratra Festival-2017
being held at holy town of Katra- featuring cultural, religious, folk and
competitive events.
To discuss the arrangements for the nine day grand festival starting
from Sept 21, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr. Mandeep Bhandari chaired a
high level meeting of senior functionaries here today.
It was given out in the meeting that the nine day festivities would
start with inauguration of the festival on September 21 at 11 am at the
Asia Chowk Katra followed by a grand Shobha yatra.
Various other events proposed during the festival days include
presentation of Mata Rani ki Kahani, Ram Leela, Prabhat Pehris, folk festival,
Bhaint Competition, wrestling competition and various other cultural
programmes.
The meeting was informed that this year the Department of Tourism has
envisaged a special package of Sampoorna Manokamna Yatra facilitating visits to
nine deities as per the traditional practice related to the Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi pilgrimage.
The Divisional Commissioner held detailed discussions on arrangements
being put in place for conducting the grand annual festival. He
directed the concerned departments to work in a well coordinated manner to make
elaborate preparations well in advance. He stressed on proper regulation of
traffic, foolproof security, arrangements for health care, water, power and
cleanliness of the entire town.
Among others, IG Jammu, S. D. Singh Jamwal, DC Reasi, Ravinder Kumar,
Director Urban Local Bodies, Sushma Chouhan, Director Tourism, Smita Sethi,
Additional Commissioner Jammu, Rehana Batul, Joint Director Information,
Manisha Sarin, senior officers of police and civil administration and
representatives of various religious organizations attended the meeting.
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