THE first ever all-women sailing expedition of the Indian Army completed its journey and returned to the city on Wednesday, officials said. Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan had formally flagged off the event on February 15 organised by the Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Sailing Association of the Army under the aegis of Southern Command Sailing Node, EME Sailing Association and the Army Adventure Wing.

 

The expedition team completed its gruelling journey on the Chennai Nizampatnam-Vizag-Nizampatnam-Chennai and returned to the Chennai Port Trust on Wednesday, a press release said here. On its arrival at the Chennai Port Trust, Major General S S Dahiya, Chief of Staff, Dakshin Bharat Area, flagged in the expedition and complemented the EME Sailing Association and the Army Adventure Wing for the event. The expedition would not only give an impetus to sailing as a sport, but would also inspire young girls to don the olive greens and serve the nation, Dahiya said. Major Mukta Gautam of the Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) led the expedition with the team comprising -- Major Priya Semwal, Priya Das, Rashmil Sangwan, Arpita Dwivedi and Sanjana Mittal and Captain Jyoti Singh, Malvika Rawat, Shubham Solanki and Sonal Goyal.