The cultural activities Goonj 17 being held in Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College at Ghurdori concluded in the Mahatma Gandhi Auditorium on Sunday. Notably, the engineering college organises three-day cultural programmes christened as Goonj every year. This year, the Goonj was dedicated to the jawans killed in Jammu & Kashmir and the para-military personnel slain by the Maoists at Sukma in Chhattisgarh. The students said that the spate of the jawans being killed in anti-terror operations warranted them to focus on nationalism and national integrity this year.
The first day of the cultural programme started with the patriotic songs sung by the students who later presented a play which showed the jawans keeping vigil along the borders and combating the terrorists. On the concluded day, the students presented progarrme focused on the unity of the nation with the students dressing traditional wear of different states.
The additional secretary and director of technical education PK Pandey inaugurated the cultural fest with the additional district magistrate Ramjee Sharan Sharma being the chief guest. On the concluding day, the students presented musical shows while using the traditional musical instruments of the mountainous areas of the state.