more-in Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Friday maintained that the power to grant assistance to sports associations and federations lies with the Raj Nivas and it cannot be delegated. ‘At home’ reception Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the ‘At home’ reception hosted by the Director General of Police S. Sundari Nanda on the occasion of the 55th Raising Day celebrations of the Puducherry police, Ms. Bedi said that sports must be strengthened in Puducherry. But the funds must be judiciously utilised since they were limited. Referring to the current rains, she said that the government machinery has been geared up to face any exigency. A Secretary has been put in charge to take up relief work. “We expect that the water table would improve and we are trying to make Puducherry, a water-rich Union Territory,” she said. Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy, Education Minister R. Kamalakannan, MLAs R.K.R. Anantharaman, T. Djeamourthy, Chief Secretary Ashwani Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police Apoorva Gupta and Police personnel of different ranks attended the reception hosted by the DGP. The ‘At Home’ reception marked the culmination of five-day celebrations of the 55th Police Raising Day, which began on October 1. It began with the Ceremonial Parade of the Puducherry Armed Police and India Reserve Battalion (IRBn) at the PAP grounds in Gorimedu. Various other events including medical camp for police personnel, inauguration of IRBn barracks, illumination of police stations, blood donation camp by the Home Guards, helmet awareness rally and screening of police related movies were also held as part of the Raising Day celebrations.

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