On Mother’s Day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated “My Mother, Healthy Mother” programme organised by the Cain Protect Foundation by lighting the ceremonial lamp held at Him Jyoti School at Shastradhara road, Dehradun on Sunday.
The Chief Minister felicitated Aprajita Dabar, Monika Arora and Dr Rekha Khanna for bringing social awareness in form of “Ray of Hope”. The children at the school cut the cake on Mother’s Day and offered it to the Chief Minister. He also reciprocated by offering the cake to the children.
Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat extended his greetings to all the mothers on Mother’s Day. He said that when mothers are healthy then the baby will be healthy too. If mothers will be healthy today, the future of children will be bright too. He said that for the overall development of the society it was required that women be empowered. Women need to remain aware and alert towards their rights and their health. He said that a daughter being educated raises the prestige of the two families. He said that land is being identified in Almora to create a school similar on lines to Him Jyoti School for educating daughters. He said that two residential colleges equipped with cutting edge technology will be opened in Uttarakhand where the admission will be given on basis of merit.
The Chief Minister said that Cain’s Protect Foundation is running a campaign to raise awareness towards diseases namely Cancer among the women which is admirable. The city BJP president Vinay Goel, Padamshree Dr RP Jain, social activist Rakesh Oberoi, CAN Protect foundation president Dr Sumita Prabhakar, Dr Mahesh Kudiyal and others were present on the occasion.
