Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announces cancellation of cultural events on I-Day celebrations

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 14 (STC):
In wake of the tragedy caused by cloudburst in Kishtwar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has decided to cancel the cultural events during the Independence Day celebrations tomorrow.
He has announced this decision in a post on X platform today. Even the “At Home” tea party on Friday evening also stands cancelled, reads the post.
“In light of the tragedy caused by the cloud burst in Kishtwar I have taken the decision to cancel the ‘At Home’ tea party tomorrow evening. We have also decided not to go ahead with the cultural events during the morning Independence Day celebrations. The formal events – speech, march past etc will go ahead as planned,” Omar Abdullah wrote in his X post.
Notably, Omar Abdullah is set to take salute tomorrow at Bakshi Stadium here on the 79th Independence Day celebrations where adequate security arrangements have been put in place by the authorities

(Straight Talk Communications)