Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: 33 Battalion of CRPF is organsing tour programme for 50 students (40 boys and 10 girls) studying in various schools of J&K to attend 19th Rashtriya Shibir on National Integration scheduled to be organized at Pransla in Tehsil Upleta, district Rajkot (Gujarat) from December 24 to January Ist, 2017.
The main organizer “Shree Vedic Mission Trust” aims to acquaint the youth with real India, its civilization, culture, heritage, secularism and inculcate the feelings of national integration in them.
The young boys and girls are from the schools of Reasi, Bhaderwah, Samba, Kishtwar, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor and Ramban. They have started assembling at 33 Bn location at Preet Nagar, Gangyal, Jammu from where they will be further taken to Rajkot (Gujarat) free of cost by train of Jammu- Ahmedabad Express on Dec 23.
A curtain raiser ceremony was organized at 33 Battalion in which Rakeh Sethi, DIGP(Ops) Jammu North, CRPF was the chief guest. During the programme, various utility items like travel bag, track suit, sports shoes, crockery, daily use items etc were distributed among the children free by the chief guest.
Earlier, A. Padma Kumar, Commandant, 33 Bn, CRPF welcomed the chief guest and briefed him about the tour programme.