KISHTWAR: Village Matta won the opening tug of war match beating Young Starts Kishtwar by 2-1 in the J and K Police Sports Festival of district Kishtwar which got underway at Chowgan Ground, here.
The event is being held under Civic Action Programme of the J&K Police.
Earlier, the competition was declared open by the Chief Guest, District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kishtwar, Ghulam Nabi Bhalwan while SSP Kishtwar Sandeep Wazir was Guest of Honour.
Speaking on the occasion, SSP said that sports teams from both rural and urban areas of district shall participate in wrestling, kabbadi, volleyball, kho kho, football and Tug of war disciplines.
Others present were CO 17 RR Col Hari Krishnan, CO 8 RR Col. Rajpal Singh, P.K Chaudhary CO CRPF 52 Bn, SSP Ab. Qayoom, CMO Kishtwar Vijay Sawhney, Harish Bhoolchandani, Incharge GM NHPC Kishtwar, Suresh Kumar Chief Engineer Electrical NHPC, Irshad Ahmed- Tehsildar Kishtwar, Dr. Daisy Parihar District Immunization Officer, Dewan Chand District Sports Officer, Dr. Anil Kumar BMO Dacchan, Dr. Yaqoob-Mir BMO Chatroo, Irshad Ahmed- Dy.SP Ops. Kishtwar, Manoj Kumar- Dy.SP DAR Kishtwar, Peerzada Mujahid Ul Haq- KPS IR 5th Bn, Mansoor Ahmed- Incharge CPO- Kishtwar, Senior citizens, members
of civil societies, members
of Red Cross Kishtwar, Youth Club Kishtwar
and various sports faculty members.