Daijiworld Media Network - Karwar (SB)

Karwar, Sep 8: A programme to welcome 98-member Commonwealth Game’s Queen Baton Relay team  was held at Bhatkal border here on Tuesday September 7. People with great interest greeted the relay team.

On the occasion, Uttara Kannada deputy commissioner Dr Amar Narayan accepted the baton from the relay commandant V N Singh. Later the baton was circulated among prominent personalities including town municipal corporation president Inayatullah Shabandari, superintendent of police Raman Gupta, assistant commissioner Dr Anuradha, MLA JD Naik, in-charge tahsildar Gayatri Naik, block education officer Devidas Moger, Tanzeem president Badrul Hassan Muallim and Rabita general secretary S J Hashim among others.

It may be noted that, the Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) torch has many hitech features. It is 66.4 cm-high, weighing 1.9 kg, carries Queen Elizabeth's message for the athletes and is engraved on a miniature 18-carat gold leaf. It was brought to India through Wagah Border on June 25 2008 by Abhinav Bindra, Olympic Gold Medalist. It is scheduled to reach New Delhi on September 30 after passing through many cities in India.