One lakh volunteers to participate in Shiv Shakti Sangam

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Stage Set for Shiv-Shakti Sangam,
More than one lakh volunteers to participate in program
Pune (VSK). The
stage has been set as the preparations for the Shiv-Shakti Sangam organized by
Western Maharashtra Prant of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have been completed
and more than 1.20 lakh swayamsevaks are expected to participate in it.
Vinayakrao Thorat karyavah of Western Maharashtra Prant of RSS along with
Thorat, Nanasaheb Jadhav Prant Sanghchalak, Dilip Kshirsagar Prant Prachar
pramukh, Kailash Sontakke general manager of Shiv-Shakti Sangam were present in
the press conference, held to give information about the preparations of the
gathering.

The preparations
are on for the Shiv-Shakti Sangam, to be held on the confluence of three
villages namely Nere, Jambhe and Marunji on Sunday January 3, 2016, since last
six months and everything is ready now. The volunteers coming from all over the
province will reach at the venue of the program by 12 PM while the main program
for the citizens will take place at 3:30 PM and will conclude at 6:30 PM. In
view of the grandness of the program, the citizens are requested to take their
seats by 3 PM.
A total of 1 lakh
58 thousand 778 volunteers have registered till now from the divisions of Pune,
Pune Mahanagar, Nashik and Kolhapur for this grand gathering. The volunteers
and citizens responded heavily. A civil registration campaign organized on 29
November 2015 through select areas and door-to-door drew huge response. The
Pune city alone has witnessed 44,381 registrations. (This number is higher than
the one registered from all over Maharashtra, excluding Vidarbha, at Taljai in
1983).
The volunteers who
have registered themselves will remain present in full uniform. Sarsanghchalak
Mohan Ji Bhagwat, will speak before the volunteers gathered at this occasion,
while presence of Sarkaryavah Bhaiyya Ji Joshi, will be another highlight. The
program will be provided with stringent security arrangements and the roads for
volunteers coming from outstation, Pune city and district have been earmarked
so as not to cause traffic jam.

Environment
protection and conservation have been given utmost consideration in the
planning of the event. The measures in this regard include using beetle-nut
leaves for dishes, pits for sewage management etc. More than 20 organizations
have contributed to the successful organization of the event and they have provided
excellent quality services for it. As such, the executive of Western
Maharashtra Prant RSS and the organizing committee have appealed to all
citizens to take part in this program.
In a first, the
program will have the presence of foreign media as the overseas media outlets
had requested for the coverage and for the permission to remain present. They
will be permitted to cover the event which is unprecedented. This shows that
even foreign media is taking note of the program as well as RSS’ work.

Various
dignitaries who have registered for the participation include Maharashtra
Bhushan Babasaheb Purandare, veteran author D. M. Mirasdar, grand grandsons of
Mahatma Phule Chandrashekhar, Nitin and Datta Phule, descendant of Hambirrao
Mohite of Satara Jayajirao Mohite, industrialist from Sangamner Sanjay Malpani,
former state president of Patit Pavan Saghatana Sopanrao (S.Z.) Deshmukh etc.
Also, Lakshman Dinkar, a resident of Padmavati, has also registered for
participation with full uniform at the age of 102 years.

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