After a hiatus of 25 years, Forest department, Nagaland is participating in the ongoing 26th All India Forest Sports Meet (AIFSM), held at Panchkula, Haryana from 10 to 14th March.

An update from the Nodal Officer, 26th AIFSM-2023 Nagaland, on Sunday informed that 10 persons represented the state and participated in badminton, table tennis, carrom, sprint, chess, powerlifting, rifle shooting, and quiz competition.

Hukato Chishi IFS, who is participating in badminton, stated that after a gap of 25 years, Nagaland is participating in the prestigious tournament and assured that all efforts will be made to participate in future games on a regular basis.

Speaking to NT, Chishi said that in table tennis, Kevi Kire and Prabhat defeated last year’s finalist team and reached the quarterfinals and that they expect a good performance in the event.

He added that Kevi also reached the quarterfinals of table tennis singles.

Kevi Kire (grey shirt) and Prabhat in action.

The need of participating in the AIFSM has been felt for a long time but could not succeed due to certain constraints. It’s a matter of pride for our state that with the active initiative of the PCCF and HoFF Nagaland, the long desire of the department to participate and showcase our latent potential has become a reality, it stated.

Efforts should be on to continue the journey more vigorously with the rest of the country as Nagaland is the only state that has been missing out, it added.

The main aim of AIFSM is to promote games and sports activities, and inculcate team spirit and camaraderie among officers and staff of the Forest department/organisations/institutions of the states, Union Territories and the Central government.

About 2400 Forest service personnel from all over the country are participating in the five-day meet, which features a wide range of athletic competitions including track and field events, archery, rifle shooting and other conventional games and sports.

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