Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 22: A week long Youth Promotional Coaching Camp was inaugurated by Special Director General of Police, K. Rajendra Kumar at Gulshan Ground here this morning.
The camp is a part of JKP’s Civic Action Programme (CAP) wherein more than 400 boys from far-flung areas of the State will be participating.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rajendra highlighted the role of youth in the development of society. He said that sports enhance mental and physical ability of the youth, hone their talent in different capacities. The discipline and spirit of team work enable youth to lead towards a right direction, said Mr. Rajendra.
Deliberating on the aim and objective of Civic Action Programme undertaken by Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Special DGP said that the programme comprises several schemes for the promotion of youth in sports and cultural arena. The schemes are also taken in hands for uplifting the down trodden sections of the society and physically challenged people, he added.
Mr. Rajendra said that JKP, besides its professional policing, has been organizing many sports and cultural events in twin capital cities and other districts of the State. The programme has proved quite useful for the people, especially the youth, providing them a platform to showcase their hidden talent.
Earlier, the Additional Director General of Police, (Armed), J&K, S M Sahai, who is also the Organizing Secretary of the Camp, disclosed that the event has been organized for the boys of the age group of (14 to 19) years, chosen from various educational institutions of down trodden areas of the State.
Among others, the function was attended by ADGP (Headquarter), Dr. SP Vaid, IGPs, AK Choudhary, HK Lohia, Deepak Kumar, SJM Geelani, PR Manhas and T Punchok, DIGPs, KL Bhagat, Shakeel Ahmed Beig, Nissar Ahmed and Vijay Singh Samyal.