Grand program of State Foundation Day concluded at Police Line, Dehradun in the presence of President Smt. Droupadi Murmu

New Delhi: A specific action plan will be prepared for the eradication of child labour. On the occasion of the program organized at Police Line, Dehradun on the occasion of State Foundation Day of Uttarakhand, President Smt. Droupadi Murmu congratulated all the people of Uttarakhand. In his address, President Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that after the formation of the state, with the new identity, the hardworking people of Uttarakhand have set their foot on new heights of development and progress . The tradition of calling the sacred Uttarakhand as ‘Dev-Bhoomi’ due to the blessings of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu is revered.

This sacred land, which receives energy from Goddess Parvati, daughter of the mountain king Himalaya and other worshipable forms of Shakti and is irrigated with the love of river mothers like Ganga and Yamuna, is also ‘Goddess-land’. This area resounds with the sacred chants of ‘Jai Maha-Kali’ and ‘Jai Badri-Vishal’. The sounds of Gurbani emanating from Hemkunt Sahib and Nanak-Matta make the atmosphere here pure. The President said that in the month of December last year, I had the opportunity to visit Uttarakhand. Every opportunity of coming to Uttarakhand is like gaining the virtue of pilgrimage. From this Devbhoomi of Uttarakhand, I express advance wishes of Diwali to all the countrymen and pray to Goddess Lakshmi to fill the entire India including Uttarakhand with wealth, happiness and health. The President said that not only will all the residents of this state remember Late Smt. Sushila Baluni ji, who struggled for the separate identity and establishment of Uttarakhand, all the countrymen will always remember her as an example of the power of struggle among women.