Srinagar: The main 78th Independence Day function concluded at the Bakshi Stadium in J&K’s Srinagar city smoothly and peacefully despite incessant rain.
Reports from the other 19 district headquarters of the union territory also said that the flag hoisting followed by a ceremonial parade ended peacefully there as well.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha hoisted the national flag at the Bakshi Stadium and also took a salute at an impressive march past by contingents of police, paramilitary forces, fire services, disaster management, forest protection force, NCC cadets and various schools.
Addressing the gathering at the venue, the L-G said that J&K is now marching towards a new dawn whose contours are already visible to everybody. He highlighted the achievements made by UT during the last five years and added that these have surpassed those J&K had made in the past decades. L-G Sinha said 46 new industrial estates are being established in addition to the existing ones.
“India startups, GR tagging and QR codes have helped improve the lives of thousands of our artisans. There are over 90,000 self-help groups and 46,000 women are part of these groups. 3,424 cooperative societies have been registered, including 2,400 for dairy, farming and allied agricultural activities," said the L-G in his address.
“In the last four years, employment of 80 lakh youth has been linked with the employment programmes and over 10,477 posts have been referred to the service selection board for recruitment. In the present fiscal, a new employment program is being planned. ITIs are being modernised to help youth. The Prime Minister’s employment package has employed scores of our youth,” he said.
