The first State-level Scout-Guide ‘Jamboree 2016’ will be inaugurated by Governor Balramji Das Tandon on Tuesday at Jagdalpur in Bastar district.
The inaugural programme will be presided over by School Education Minister and Chairman Scouts Guides of India, Chhattisgarh Kedar Kashyap. Member of Rajya Sabha Ranvijay Singh Judev, Chairman Chhattisgarh Tourism Board and MlA Santosh Bafna, Gram Panchayat Dimrapal Sarpanch Motiram Kashyap, and Sarpanch of Pandripani Pamela Gram Panchayat Parvati Kashyap will also attend the inaugural programme as special guests, officials stated.
In this first state-level programme, nearly 12,500 scouts and guides from various districts of the State will participate.
Around 10,000 scouts and guides from Bastar, Dantewada, Kanker, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Sukma, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Mungeli, Janjgir, Raigarh, Korba, Durg, Balod, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Bemetara, Kabeerdham, Raipur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Balodabazar, Gariaband, Surguja, Balrampur, Ramanujganj, Jashpur, Koriya, Surajpur, and around 2500 scout guides, rover-rangers and scouter-guiders from other states of the country have been invited for the jamboree.
In this event, scouts and guides will exhibit their talents and skills.