Srinagar: A two- day Inter College athletic meet started here at University of Kashmir (KU) ground on Tuesday.The meet is being organised by the Department of Physical Education and Sports KU.Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir, Prof Talat Ahmad who was the chief guest on the occasion officially declared the annual athletic meet open.Prof Talat expressed his thrill on huge participation of students in the event from different colleges across the valley.Speaking on the occasion, he said that there is a dire need of good teams for participating in all sports categories and stressed upon the fact that participation in sports is important than winning and losing.He further assured that KU would look into the demand of synthetic turf for university ground and would provide all the facilities to the athletes so that they bring laurels to the university and the state.Director Physical Education KU, Dr Nisar Khan in his welcome address said that the meet is a regular feature of Directorate. ‘’Annual athletic meet has been revived after a long time and now it is being conducted regularly from last three years.”Speaking further on the occasion, he said,’’ A total of 25 colleges consisting of more than 200 athletes across the valley are participating in the event this year and the inter college event will culminate into inter university event.’’Inter college athletic meet comprises of 18 events, out of which 9 belong to men section and 9 to women section. Best performers are sent to All India Athletic championship which will be conducted at Manglore University this year.Four events took place in the meet including track race of 100 metres men, 200 metres men and 400 metres women along with shotput men.
