37th Nagaland Police sports-cum-duty meet
Morung Express News
Dimapur | November 24
The 14th NAP (IR) finished top of the table to be crowned the overall champion of the 37th Nagaland Police-Duty-cum-Sports & Athletic Meet 2017. An annual feature in the Nagaland Police (NP) calendar of events, the duty-cum-sports meet took off on November 16 at the NAPTC, Chumukedima to conclude on November 24
A total of 30 teams representing the 15 armed battalions, 11 District Executive Force units and 4 other branches of the Nagaland Police converged for the meet to compete in a range of sports and duty items.
The concluding day witnessed the finals of the women’s 100m race, men’s 4x100 relay, drill and weapon handling events.
Women outshone the men in the drill competition with a suave team of the 15th NAP (Mahila IR) beating the 12th NAP (IR) and the 14th NAP (IR) in the final. The 12th finished second and the 14th had to be content with 3rd place.
15th NAP (IR) took the first, second and third positions in the 100m race with Lanutola of Alpha company taking first place followed by Honeikim of C Company and Teiwang also of C Company finishing second and third, respectively. Lanutola clocked a time of 14.31 seconds, Honeikim 15.08 seconds and Teiwang 15.32 seconds. Tiala Chang of DEF Tuensang clocked a time of 15.74 seconds to take 4th place.
The 14th NAP (IR) won the 4x100 relay followed by the 4th NAP and 3rd NAP in second and third place, respectively. The 1st NAP finished in fourth place.
The 10th NAP (IR) won in the Weapon handling item follwed by the NAPTC and the 15th NAP (Mahila IR) in second and third, reespectively.
Pankaj Kumar, Chief Secretary, Nagaland was the chief guest at the closing ceremony. Kumar, in his address, said that such a meet will foster a spirit of oneness amongst the personnel, while adding that the nature of the police job demands unity and camaraderie.
According to Kumar, sports in the armed forces besides encouraging a culture of fitness, further serves the purpose of fostering a sense of belongingness and comradeship. He described the Nagaland Police as a rather uncomplaining force, a unit which attends to the call of duty anywhere in the country without much ado. He said that despite the challenges and limitations in terms of resources, the state police has come to be known to serve in any situation, which he added has been “one very good point of the Nagaland Police.”
He further pointed out that drawbacks exist too in terms of management efficiency, investigation and crowd/riot control measures and strategy. The recruitment process is another aspect, which got to be streamlined.
