Babus to do a Baba Ramdev before work

TNN / Jan 9, 2006, 23:10 IST

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The government is going ahead with its plan to set up a Yoga and Fitness Centre on the ground floor of Block 7 of the Sachivalaya.

GANDHINAGAR: Narendra Modi wants his babus shipshape. And, what better way than putting them through 'asanas' and deep breathing, well before they get into the routine of "file pushing". Every Sachivalaya official will now have to perform yoga before attending office at 10.30 am.
The government is going ahead with its plan to set up a Yoga and Fitness Centre on the ground floor of Block 7 of the Sachivalaya here.Work is already on to clean up 3,000 square feet space there.
A top official said the centre was conceptualised by state chief secretary Sudhir Mankad, who feels officials "concentrate more effectively in her or his work".
While the civil work for the centre will be undertaken by the roads and buildings department, the Sachivalaya Welfare Committee has been asked to contribute Rs 1.5 lakh to buy equipment for exercise like a home gym, a motorised treadmill, a manual walker, an electricity-driven vibrator belt, a two-speed cycle, a twister and a flat bench.

"It's a pilot project at present and 50 persons can participate at a time. We hope to extend it to government officials outside the Sachivalaya too," the official said.
The yoga classes, to be conducted by an instructor from the Sports Authority of Gujarat, may not be compulsory but, many feel, with Modi's emphasis on 'karmayoga' there could well be a heavy rush.
Officials say though no spiritual discourses have been planned along with yoga, the exercise aims at ensuring officials become "mentally agile" and remain "spiritually clean."
Formal timing for the classes have not been worked out yet. Several officials want them to take place during office hours, as they come from Ahmedabad, reaching here as early as 9 am. Waiting for yoga classes after office hours �� beyond 6.20 pm �� would also be difficult, feel many.

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