277 Scouts, Guides awarded Rajya Puraskar

Tribune News Service

Jammu, April 27

Governor NN Vohra, who is the patron of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides (S&G), presented Rajya Puraskar to 277 Scouts and Guides of the state at an award presentation ceremony held at Raj Bhawan here today.

First Lady Usha Vohra, Speaker of Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Minister for Education Naeem Akhter, DG, Youth Services and Sports, Jahangir Mir and other dignitaries were presented Scout Scarves on the occasion.

The Governor congratulated the recipients of the awards and wished them bright careers ahead. He lauded the valuable work being done by the functionaries of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides.

Speaking on the occasion, the Governor stressed the need for enlarging the resource base for giving a significant boost to the activities of Scouts and Guides movement in the state to bring a much larger number of youth under its ambit.

The Governor thanked the Education Minister for allotting the building of Government Middle School, Satwari, to enable the Scouts and Guides to locate their headquarters there.

He hoped that this would help in giving a fillip to the Scouts and Guides activities in the state.

Suggesting measures to boost Scouts and Guides activities in the state, the Governor stressed on creation of an adequate corpus fund and organising jamborees in the far-off districts of the state for reaching out to the students in these distant areas.

Naeem Akhter, who is also president of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, shared his experiences of being associated with the Scouts and Guides movement during his school days and highlighted the importance of such activities in shaping a sound mind in a sound body.

He assured the movement of all required help to forge ahead.

Earlier, the Governor unfolded the Scouts and Guides flag and the Scouts and Guides presented the prayer and the flag song. The students displayed yoga asanas and demonstrated first-aid drill on the occasion.