State Rowing Championship at Rabindra Sarobar from Tuesday

kolkata: Rabindra Sarobar is gearing up to host the first major competition since May last year with the State Rowing Championship slated to start on March 28.

The event organised by West Bengal Rowing Association (WBRA) will continue till April 1. About 200 participants will take part in the championship.

“After the unfortunate accidental drowning on May 21, last year, this will be the first major competition in the waters of Rabindra Sarobar. We already have two rescue boats and a weather forecast system is in place. The blinking light is also there and the SOP that was given to us by Kolkata Police is being followed. We are ready to abide by any further guideline for the safety of the rowers,” Subhasish Dasgupta, president of WBRA said.

Two young rowers Souradeep Chatterjee and Pushan Sandukhan, both students of South Point High School had drowned after their boat toppled during a thunderstorm on May 21, 2022, following which the safety of the rowers assumed special emphasis.

There will be 14 events in each of the four categories and both men and women will be taking part.

An ambulance has been kept stationed near the clubs so that immediate interventions for hospitalisation can be made in case of any medical emergency.

Following the state-level championship, a national-level competition is scheduled to be held in Sarobar in June this year.