A Veer Savarkar memorial swimming competition will be organised at division level from July 20 to 22. The competition will be held in only those divisions which have swimming pool.
Participants will be registered at district-level from July 8 to 15. The competition is held to commemorate the courageous act of Veer Savarkar when he freed himself from imprisonment by the Britishers from a ship and by swimming he had crossed the sea. The competition will be held by School Education Department.
The competition will he held in two age groups of boys and girls including under-19 and under-14. The swimming competitions will be held in 100 and 400 meter freestyle and 100 and 200 meter breaststroke and butterfly events. Every participant will have opportunity to take part in maximum 3 events. Five points will be given on standing first, 3 for second and one point for standing third in every event. First, second and third positions will be declared by aggregating total points of participants. Successful participants will be taken on a visit of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Director Public Instructions Rajesh Jain informed that the competition should not be held in rivers, nullahs and lakes in any case. He also directed to ensure proper safety measures during the competitions.
The swimming competition in the memory of Veer Savarkar was started in the State capital in the year 2012 by the then School Education Minister Archana Chitnis.