Connect with Your Roots’ programme: England youth visit Assembly, Sukhna Lake


Under the Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s ambitious programme ‘Connect with Your Roots’ (CYR), a group of 14 youth from England on Tuesday landed at Mohali International Airport.

A group of 14 youth from England, who are in India as part of the Punjab CM’s ambitious programme ‘Connect with Your Roots’ (CYR), on Wednesday visited the Punjab Assembly and Sukhna Lake as a part of their itinerary.

Disclosing this, an official spokesperson of the state government said that the group visited the Assembly Hall and Library in the Assembly.

The members of the group interacted with the officials of Assembly to get themselves acquainted with the basic norms of legislative procedure and the decorum.

They also went around the open ground between the Punjab Assembly and Punjab and Haryana High Court, which is a part of City’s Capitol Complex. Later, the group visited the Sukhna Lake and took a fun ride on cruise.

Sharing the experience about this maiden visit to Chandigarh as part of their week long tour to Punjab, the group member Gurjot Singh Taneja said that it was an exciting visit especially the Punjab Assembly where they were apprised about its functioning.