Rising Solar Water Pageant concludes in Meghalaya

The three-day ‘Rising Solar Water Pageant 2022’ culminated with a grand closing ceremony on the Umiam Lake close to Shillong on Saturday.

The water sports activities and cultural extravaganza was the primary of its type within the Northeast aimed toward encouraging the sports-loving youth of the area to take up water sports activities like rowing and crusing. It additionally aimed toward selling tourism within the Northeast.

The competition was organised by the Indian Military’s Jap Command together with the governments of Assam and Meghalaya.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma set the ball rolling by opening the maiden regatta on November 3, an event which was marked by vibrant festivities and cultural performances by observe artistes.

The three-day occasion was witnessed by a lot of viewers, locals in addition to outstation guests, who loved the eager contests in plenty of races in rowing and crusing, a novelty within the area.

Twenty-two golf equipment from throughout the nation took half within the occasion. The rowing trophy was gained by the staff from Director Normal of the Assam Rifles (DGAR), which secured one gold and one silver. The crusing trophy was clinched by the Yatching Membership of Hyderabad, which secured three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was the chief visitor for the closing ceremony, which was attended by Lieutenant Normal R.P. Kalita, Normal Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Jap Command, Air Marshal S.P. Dharkar, AOC-in-C, Jap Air Command, and plenty of different dignitaries.