Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 12: Ten-day ‘Educational cum Motivational Tour’ for Girl Students of Naushera Tehsil, flagged off on Aug 2, 2013 for Luckhnow, Agra and Dehradun by Rashtriya Rifles under the aegis of Headquarters Counter Insurgency Force (Uniform), culminated here today.
The tour comprised of 22 girl students and two teachers. During the culmination function, the parents, teachers and village elders were highly appreciative of Army for initiating such motivational tour.
During the first three days of the tour, students were at Luckhnow where they visited Botanical Research Institute and Rumi Darwaza, Lamartiniere Girls College, Bara Imambara, Chotta Imambara, Sahara Gunj Mall, Regional Science City, IIM Luckhnow, Zoo and Gautam Buddha Park.
The next destination was Agra, where they visited the Tajmahal, Agra Fort, Birbal Bhawan, Panch Mahal, Anguri Bagh, Agra College, Dayal Bagh, Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri.
The final part of the tour was at Dehradun, where they spent two days and visited Welham Girls School, Sahasradhara, Doon Girls School, Zonal Museum. The tour provided the students an opportunity to interact with the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. They also got the opportunity to meet senior Army Officers and interact with them.
Terming it as a life time opportunity, Miss Varsha Choudhary, one of the touring student narrated her experience to meet different people of different culture during the tour. She expressed her gratitude to the Army, for this extended opportunity, to see other parts of her country which otherwise would not have been possible.
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