Sports Cum Cultural Mela concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 30: The 3-day Sports Cum Cultural Mela, organized jointly by Army, under Operation Sadhbhavana and Poonch District Administration concluded at Sports Stadium, here today.
Major General, I Narayana, GOC Romeo Force declared the Mela closed in a well attended function in presence of AK Sahu, District Development Commissioner Poonch.
Various teams participated in this Mela which was held on league cum knock-out basis from October 28, 2012.
Speaking on the occasion, Narayana said that the objective of the tournament, apart from channelising the energy of youth, was to bring Army and people closer. He expressed gratitude to the District Administration for making the event a grand success.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Brig HS Shanbhag, Commander 6 Sector RR, Jahangir Mir, MLC Poonch, SSP Shamsheer Hussain, Padamshree Sambhunath Khajuria, Principal GDC Poonch, KL Sharma and retired Principal GDC Poonch, GL Sharma.
Pradeep Khanna conducted the proceedings of the programme.