Colourful march-past, traditional dance sequences and impressive tableaux of the Southern States marked the inauguration of the four-day ‘Kreedostav’ — a state-level sports meet of Sri Chaitanya Group on Monday in which 16 schools from various districts took part in several events.
Over 1,200 boys and girls are competing in events such as volleyball, throw ball, cricket, 100m dash, relay races and shot put at Makineni Basavapunnaiah Municipal Corporation Stadium.
City Mayor Koneru Sridhar lighted the Olympic torch, hoisted the flag and took salute from the students.
Speaking at the inaugural function, he called upon school managements to spend 10 per cent of their revenue towards improving the standards of sports and games in schools.
He also asked the school management to give wide publicity to students who excelled in sports and games as it gave to those who excelled in the academics.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (traffic) Kranti Rana Tata advised students to concentrate on both sports and education for overall development. He felt that the inaugural function ought to have started much earlier as the Sun was at its scorching best while the march past was on.
The culture department of the school management deserved a pat on its back for it projected various facets of the Indian culture through several impressive dance ballads in an aesthetic way.
“First we conducted at the sub-zone level and later at the zonal level. This is a State meet where talented players from Sri Chaitanya schools from all over the districts will compete for honours,” said a school official. The event will conclude on February 23.
