Srinagar: Director General of Police, J&K, Shri 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.
Spl. DsG R. R. Swain, A. K. Choudhary, ADsGP S. J. M Gillani, M.K Sinha, Sunil Kumar, IGP B S Tuti, DsIG Sujit Kumar, Vivek Gupta, Shahid Mehraj, Haseeb-Ur-Rehman, Abdul Qayoom, Javid Iqbal Matoo, JK Water Sports Kayaking and Canoeing Association, Tariq Ahmad Ghani vice president, Dr Burhan Bazaz president Rowing Association J&K and other members, Dr. Bilkis Mir and other senior police and civil officers, SSsP of different wings, AIsG of PHQ, Commandants of different battalions were present on the occasion.
Declaring open the festival, the 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 organised 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 organised 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. He congratulated all the players who have excelled in different water sports games at different levels and also lauded the role of the Water Sports Association, he added that Jammu and Kashmir Police has worked as the backbone for providing support and assistance to the water sports association and assured that JKP will continue its support by providing different platforms.
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. The DGP congratulated the ADGP Armed and his team for organizing the event as the first event of the current calendar year. He also congratulated the Water Sports Association for its role in conducting the event. He added that J&K Police thinks it an utmost social responsibility to provide platforms & opportunities to our youth and get them involved in healthy and positive activities alongside performing its organizational responsibilities. He informed that number of sports events are in the pipeline.
Speaking to the media, the DGP said that under its Civic Action Programme J&K Police organises and sponsors a number of sports activities and Jashn-e-dal is one of the activities which is being celebrated like an Urs along with youth and children and water sports association. He said that it is aimed to provide a platform and opportunity to youth to showcase their talent at national and international level.
Earlier, ADGP Armed J&K SJM Geelani welcomed the Chief Guest, Civil and Police Officers, participants, school children and media and thanked them for making the inaugural function a success. Giving details of the events being conducted by the J&K Armed Police, the ADGP said that Jashn-e-dal is the first event of the current year. He said that the Jashn-e-dal event has played an important role in promoting water sports. He said that last year over 12000 sports persons and athletes participated in major four events organised 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.