On a tour from Mizoram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thirty students from Mizoram, who are on a national integration tour of South India, called on Governor R.S. Gavai here on Tuesday at the Raj Bhavan. The students are in Kerala as part of the ‘Sadbhavana’ initiative of the Armed Forces.

Organised by the Director General of Assam Rifles (DGAR) under the aegis of civic action programme, the students from the north-east state interacted with Gavai at a simple function at the Governor’s Residence.

The students from class VIII to XII were selected from all parts of Mizoram on the basis of merit and achievement in sports. Later, they visited Kovalam beach and Kanyakumari.

They will travel to Chennai on their final leg of the tour, which was kicked off on January 22 this year. Under the ‘Sadbhavana’ initiative, people from troubled areas of the country get a chance to visit and interact with people in other parts.

Last year, a team from Jammu and Kashmir had visited the State under this initiative.