No. 998/2015-Pub5th November 2015
Chief Minister Shri Virbhadra Singh today inaugurated three-day long State level Hamir Utsav at Hamirpur. He participated in the Shobha Yatra which started from DC Office complex and culminated at Shiv temple in the midst of the town, where he also paid obeisance.
Later, he also inaugurated the exhibition set up by different departments of the State Government and NGOs set up at School ground (Boys) at Hamirpur.
People dressed in colourful attires thronged the Shobha yatra to commemorate the formation of Hamirpur district way back in 1972.
Shri Virbhadra Singh also presided over the cultural evening of the festival where he was honoured by the Chairman of Hamir Utsav and Deputy Commissioner, Hamirpur, Rohan Thakur.
The Chief Minister also released a souvenir on the occasion.
Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Shri Inder Dutt Lakhanpal, MLA, Shri Sanjay Rattan, Vice-Chairman, HP Disaster Management Authority, Shri Rajinder Rana, Ex-MLAs, Smt. Anita Verma and Smt. Urmil Thakur, Vice-Chairman, Kangra Central Co-operative bank Shri Kuldeep Pathania, Chairman, Agriculture Marketing Committee, Shri Prem Kaushal, Member BoD, KCCB, Shri Anil Verma, DCC President Shri Naresh Thakur were also present on the occasion amongst others.
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