Terming the sports as a potent tool for personality development, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo today said that district Baramulla is endowed with enormous sports potential and appropriate platforms are necessary to channelize this potential in positive direction. Deputy Commissioner was speaking during Inter College Table Tennis Tournament at Govt Degree College for Boys Baramulla, where he was the Chief Guest. The tournament spanning from February 13 to February 24 is being organized by Department of Physical Education in which 34 colleges of Kashmir division are participating. SSP Baramulla Abdul Quyoom, in his address hailed the participants for showing their enthusiastic participants besides terming such events as a welcome step for boosting sports potential of our youth. Principal GDC for Boys, Principal GDC for Women, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, district and sectoral officers, representatives from various other colleges among other concerned were present on the occasion. Later, the DC visited Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Sopore where he presided over a felicitation ceremony which was organized for felicitating the girl students for best performance in JK BOSE annual exams. The ceremony was organized under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme.
