Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 17: Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh declared open a 3-day Water Sports festival ‘Jashan-e-Dal 2023’ today at a function held at SKICC Back Lawn, this afternoon. The event is being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Police under its Civic Action Programme.
Director General of Police, J&K, said that the word celebration comes to fore itself when we speak of the Dal Lake and what could be better than to celebrate water sports activities Jashn-e-dal in the Dal Lake which is being organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Police along with other associations & clubs since very long. He said that after the successful conduct of the G20 summit, the Dal Lake is looking more attractive and I am very happy that the Jashn-e-dal festival has been organized after a gap of one year, he added. He hoped that the number of Dal lovers would get bigger and bigger each passing day.
The DGP said that the Dal lake has not only attracted its lovers from all around the world with its beauty and charm but it has helped & supported a number of our youth to hone their water sports talent which they successfully exhibited in different competitions at national and international level.
The DGP said that Dal Lake has witnessed and tolerated many turbulent times during the last more than 30 years and it is time to pay back all the happy moments and celebrate the prevailing peace with it. He urged the media fraternity to spread the message of the beauty of Dal Lake to the world.
Earlier, ADGP Armed J&K SJM Geelani welcomed the Chief Guest, Civil and Police Officers, participants, school children, Giving details, he said that last year over 12000 sports persons and athletes participated in major four events organized by J&K Police and hoped that the number would increase this year. He said that during the 3 day event of Jashn-e-dal over 600 water sports athletes will participate in 20 different events.
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