Andhra Pradesh - Eluru   

Games car rally arrives

Staff Reporter

ELURU: A rousing reception was accorded to the 4th CISM military world games ‘Chalo Hyderabad Car Rally’ at Kalaparru on its rolling into the borders of West Godavari district from the Krishna on Tuesday. City Mayor Kare Babu Rao, District Revenue Officer M. Rama Rao and Eluru Revenue Divisional Officer K. Venugopal Reddy received the rally with a warm welcome.

More than 40 army and civil cars and cultural troupes from the Song and Drama Division took part in the rally, which was flagged off in Hyderabad on July 8 by Minister of State for Defence M. Pallam Raju.

The rally leader Col. Vijaya Naik told reporters that the rally had provided a platform for the military personnel for an interaction with the civil society and the administration en route.

The rally will be back to Hyderabad on July 22 after traversing through various districts in Rayalaseema, Telangana and coastal Andhra for 100 days. Col, Naik said the rally, flagged off on the eve of 4th CISM Military World Games, scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from October 14 to 21, was intended to create public awareness on sports among the youths in the State. He said the rally so far covered Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa and entered the coastal region.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Games car rally arrives

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu