Railway scouts and guides camp gets underway in Vizag

Lalit Bohra, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Waltair Division, and Patron of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Wing, Waltair District, inaugurated the 4th State Scouts and Guides camp and rally in the presence of Jyotsna Bohra, president of ECoRWWO and vice-president of Scouts and Guides in Visakhapatnam on December 26. The event is being held at Aranya, the camping centre of Waltair Division, beside the Waltair Railway Cricket Stadium, from December 26 to 30.

Over 300 Scouts and Guides cadets from teams across four East Coast Railway districts—Central, Khurda, Waltair, and Sambalpur—are participating in the four-day camp.
Activities include campfire, drill and display competitions, melodrama, State expo, march-past, camp craft, exhibitions, cultural extravaganza, and quiz.

Lalit Bohra congratulated the Waltair District Scouts and Guides team for their dedicated efforts in organising the event and shared his childhood experiences with scouting camps. He emphasised that scouting fosters team spirit, togetherness, issue and crisis management, and builds responsible citizens for societal wellbeing. He urged the public, especially children, to visit Aranya and witness the camp and rally.

Additional Divisional Railway Manager K Rama Rao, Senior Divisional Engineer A K Moharana, Divisional Medical Officer Bhashini Priyanka, Senior Divisional Personnel Officer Jusuf Kabir Ansari, branch officers, and other dignitaries from Scouts & Guides and Railways attended the inauguration.

Colourful and energetic cultural events marked the inaugural session, according to a press note issued by K Pavan Kumar, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager.

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This article is written by Senior Journalist Lakkoju Nagesh Babu