Srinagar: Twenty five schoolchildren living in areas along the Line of Control in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir today left for a 10-day educational tour of the country.
The enthusiasm among the children, hailing from Nambla High School in Uri sector, was worth seeing as it was for the first time they are visiting Srinagar, the summer capital of the state, parents of the children said.
"Our children are lucky as they could visit Srinagar and other parts of the country on this tour. Many of us have not visited even Srinagar," Maqbool wani, whose children were also selected for the trip, said here.
Flagging off the tour around 7.40 AM, Commander of Rampur Brigade Brigadier V P Singh said "the tour has been organised under Operation Sadbhavana to enable the children to see how people of different faiths and creed live together in India."
The children would be visiting New Delhi, Agra and Ajmer besides various places of interest with the message of peace, Singh said.
The motive of the tour, which has been sponsored and organised by Rampur brigade of army, is "paigam-e-Aman" (Message of peace).
