Uttarakhand / Rudrapur : Harela festival celebrated with gaiety and simplicity

Harela festival, the center of Kumaon’s culture and faith, was celebrated with great gaiety and simplicity. During this, the people of the hill community greeted each other on the occasion of Harela festival. At the same time, the message of love of nature was also given by running a tree plantation campaign. Along with this, leaders of various political parties visited many places and celebrated the Harela festival and gave the message of progress of the society. Harela festival was seen in the city since Friday morning. During this, a lot of enthusiasm was seen among the people of the hill society regarding the festival. In the morning itself, the people of the hill society gathered in Shell Cultural Council Shell Bhawan and started their heritage campaign. During this, MLA Rajkumar Thukral, Mayor Rampal Singh and Council General Secretary and Advocate Diwakar Pandey planted shady and fruitful plants along with office bearers and members. Apart from this, a plantation drive was carried out in the presence of SSP Dalip Singh Kunwar, SP City Mamta Bohra, SP Crime Mithlesh Kumar, CO Sadar Amit Kumar, CO Traffic Bhupendra Singh Bhadari in the police line too. On the other hand, District Magistrate Ranjana Rajguru, ADM Jagdish Kandpal, ADM Uttam Singh Chauhan, SDM Vishal Mishra along with CDO Himanshu Khurana, DDO Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Project Director Himanshu Joshi also planted saplings along with the subordinates.