Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Jammu, Dec 28: In order to ensure overall development of students personality, the Directorate of School Education launched adventure camp for students of Government schools of Jammu Division at Mansar.
Mansar adventure camp is a four day long event encompassing adventure activities like trekking, tree talk, heritage walk, story telling sessions, environment awareness, painting, study of native wildlife and culture.
On the first day of the adventure camp over 160 students from four districts of Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Udhampur undertook trek of Surinsar, Mansar Wildlife Sanctuary guided by Neeraj Baru, Wildlife Range Officer. The participants also enjoyed the unique opportunity of observing four sub-species of Deer including Barking deer, Sambhar, Spotted deer and Nilgai.
The students in the afternoon enjoyed the heritage walk through Babore Temple complex, Manwal maintained by Archeological Survey of India (ASI).
Dr Sudhir Singh from INTACH aware the students about the rich cultural heritage of Dogras and the need for the students to preserve the oral and linguistic traditions of the region. The students were enthralled by Kud dance of Ajay Brahmanu and party. Ram Ditta and party displayed folk songs and dances.
The adventure camp would include tree talk, cultural programmes and lectures about drug abuse and environmental pollution at picturesque lake destination of Surinsar tomorrow.
The adventure camp is being funded by SAMAGRA Shiksha Abhiyan and organised in collaboration with Surinsar Mansar Development Authority.
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