Early Times Report
Jammu, May 31: A group of 41 students including 16 girls of May Fair group of Schools Chand Nagar and Chinore, Jammu left today for Moungri to participate in the J&K Himalayan Trekking Programme being organised by Tawi Trekkers J&K. The group is led by Deepika Dutta, a trained climber and Sourav Deep Singh, a senior member of the club.
Three teachers of the school Sakshi Thakur, Sakshi Sharma and Meenakshi Sharma also accompanied the group. The group was flagged off by Vijay Kumar Basur, Chairman, May Fair School in the presence of Ram Khajuria, Secretary, Indian Mountaineering Foundation North Zone Committee, Abhey Basur, Director May Fair Group of Institutions, Shawetica Khajuria and Sonam Sidharth, General Secretary and Joint Secretary respectively of Tawi Trekkers J&K.
During the three days programme the participants shall trek to the sacred Shiv Parvati cave and Gouri Mitti (7000ft). They shall also be imparted practical training in rock climbing, rappelling, jummaring and other adventure activities by experts in the field. They also learnt about the bio diversity of the area during their venture. |
