Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Oct 14: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash inaugurated folk dance festival at historic Samba Fort.
The festival was organized by District Administration in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
The Minister was accompanied by MLA Samba Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, DDC Samba Sheetal Nanda, SSP Anil Magotra, ADC Tilak Raj Sharma, Additional Secretary JKAACL Amrinder Singh Aman, DSWO Mushtaq Choudhary, EO Samba Jodh Raj and senior officials from District Administration.
The artists from JKAACL presented colorful folk dances and enthralled the audiences by their performances. The folk groups led by Sanjeev Kumar, Sachin Katal, Buia Ditta, Charan Dass, Bishan Dass, Ajit Paul Sharma, Des Raj, Satinder Kumar parties presented the dances. Dogri women poets Sunita Padwal and Usha Kiran also presented their creative works.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister said that IEC activities being undertaken for promoting girl empowerment and education are clearly visible throughout the district. He said that enabling of female child can change mindset of society so that instead of considering them as burden, they are held in high esteem.
The MLA Samba emphasised upon better coordination between ICDS and Health Department asserting that Asha, Anganwadi and FMPH workers has a pivotal role in the campaign. Daughter of Samba Shikhi Sambyal, who won accolades for getting first award from PM in national level essay writing competition on the topic ‘Swachta hi Sewa’, was also felicitated on the occasion. Shoba Devi, Sakshi Devi and Preeti Devi were also felicitated for excelling in various fields.
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