The six-day 18th All India Railway Bharat Scouts and Guides Jamborette was inaugurated by Railway Board Member Staff DK Gayen in presence East Coast Railway General Manager Umesh Singh here on Saturday.
Inaugurating the event Gayen said scouting activities develops in every child the fundamentals of discipline and also makes them brave and strong enough to face any situation. Gathering of Scouts and Guides from different parts of India under a single roof would exchange culture, tradition, language, food habits, folklore from different regions, he added.
Umesh Singh said scouting skills in the field of first aid, pioneering, compass, mapping and backwoodsman cooking along with social awareness activities, disaster management, human chain and route march on social awareness and pageant show would definitely help participants make themselves good human beings in their future life.
ECoR Bharat Scouts and Guides State Chief Commissioner Manju Ray informed that the ECoR is organising the mega event for the first time in the city where over 2,500 volunteers from 16 zonal railways are participating.
A cultural function was also organised on the occasion.