SIKKIM: Queen’s Baton Relay to reach Sikkim on July 16



Gangtok: With the Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to reach Rangpo in Sikkim on July 16, the state level committee for the QBR met for the third time to oversee the preparations.

Chairing the deliberations, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister N K Pradhan appealed to all concerned to contribute sincerely to make the Relay a grand success.

Chief Secretary T T Dorji, who is also the Chairman of the QBR in Sikkim, directed all the officials to co-ordinate with the nodal department and submits the action taken report latest by Wednesday.

Other issues like security planning for the relay, publicity, involvement of various sports associations, cultural programmes and other details were also discussed.

The meeting was attended by President, Sikkim Olympic Association, Special Olympic Association, representatives from various sports bodies besides others.

The QBR reached India via the Wagah-Attari border from Pakistan on June 25 as a culmination of the journey covering a distance of 170,000 km spanning 70 nations for over 240 days.

The baton, in India, will travel 20,000 kilometers for over 100 days covering 400 cities and towns.

source;TOI