International Yoga Day celebrated with enthusiasm in Visakhapatnam

10th International Yoga Day celebrated by government, private sectors, NCC, educational institutions, with yoga sessions promoting well-being.

Conduct of yogasanas, demonstration of yoga by experts and yoga sessions marked the 10th International Day of Yoga celebrated by various government organisations, public and private sector undertakings, NCC cadets, educational institutions and voluntary organisations at different places in the city on Friday.

The International Yoga Day, organised by the Waltair Division of East Coast Railway (ECoR), witnessed a significant turnout of railway staff, officers, and yoga enthusiasts who engaged in sessions aimed at harnessing the benefits of yoga for physical, mental and spiritual well-being.

Parmeshwar Funkwal, General Manager of ECoR, Saurabh Prasad, Divisional Railway Manager, Sudhir Kumar Gupta, ADRM (Infra), Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, Senior Divisional Personnel Officer participated in the programme at Koraput.

Yoga camps were simultaneously conducted at multiple locations across Waltair Division including Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam Road, Rayagada, Koraput and Jagdalpur.

RINL, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP), organised Yoga Day at Ukkunagaram Club in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Suresh Chandra Pandey, Director (Personnel), RINL, said that RINL was in the forefront in conducting yoga classes regularly in the township since many years. He underlined the need for everyone to practise yoga daily to keep themselves physically and mentally fit.

A.P. Naveen Kumar, GM (Medical & Health services), Visakha steel general hospital (VSGH), advised the participants to make yoga a way of life as it works like a holistic medicine towards better health.