Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit will kick-off the Basti Mahotsav at the district headquarters.
The Basti Mahotsav, which will commence on Tuesday, will end on February 1.
Giving this information, programme convenor and District Magistrate Ashutosh Niranjan said on Monday that the Basti Mahotsav would be inaugurated traditionally by the Speaker at 11 am on Tuesday.
Preparations for the mahotsav have been completed and various departments have put up stalls to highlight the welfare schemes of the government.
Eminent poet Kumar Vishwas, well-known devotional song singer Anoop Jalota, singer Maithali, Rishabh Thakur and other artistes are slated to take part in the mahotsav.
Niranjan said that the mahotsav would have a ‘yoga’ programme from 7 am to 8 am every day, and workshops related to schemes of various departments will also be organised.
Major workshops among these will be related to Rashtriya Ajeevika Mission, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Poshan Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission.
Women and children will be trained for self-defence under Virangana programme from 12 noon to 2 pm. Stage programmes of schoolchildren will also be held from 1 pm to 4 pm.
Over 16,000 people have so far connected to the website of Basti Mahotsav.
Entry is free in the mahotsav and people have been urged to attend the programmes.
Assembly Speaker to kick-off Basti Mahotsav today
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 | PNS
| Lucknow
Assembly Speaker to kick-off Basti Mahotsav today
Tuesday, 28 January 2020 | PNS | Lucknow
