All Govt Offices Closed For Two Days To Mourn Ex-PM's Death

All government facilities in Himachal Pradesh will remain closed on Friday and Saturday to mourn the passing away of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said.

- HT Correspondent

SHIMLA: The state government has already declared seven days' state mourning from December 26 to January 1 as a mark of respect to the departed leader.

All government departments, boards, corporations and educational institutions will remain closed on December 27 and 28, the state government said in an official statement. These two days will be treated as paid holidays for all daily-wage employees of the state government, it said.

Meanwhile, the municipal corporation of Shimla has decided to partially postpone the Winter Carnival scheduled to be held from December 27 to January 1.

According to a notification issued by the civic body, all cultural activities scheduled during the carnival period stand postponed, while all other scheduled programmes will be conducted by January 2.

However, all the stalls that have been put up on the Ridge will remain operational during this period, it said.

Leaders pay tributes Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and his deputy Mukesh Agnihotri expressed condolences and paid tributes to the former PM.

Sukhu posted on social networking site X that Manmohan Singh's contribution to Indian politics would be remembered for ages, while Agnihotri said that it was under the ex-PM's leadership that India wrote a new chapter of economic reforms.