Kudumbashree women from Alappuzha made meritorious achievement at 67th Nehru Trophy Boat Race, which was held at Punnamada Backwaters, Alappuzha on 31 August 2019. The women participated, performed well and secured second prize at the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2019. The boat steered by powerful women of Kudumbashree made their mark in the very first race in which they participated. The women not only rowed the ‘Thekkethil' boat, but bagged second place in the competition in the Thekkanodi category. It was decided to take part in the Nehru Trophy Boat race as a part of the gender development activities being implemented by Kudumbashree. In the debut competition itself, the Kudumbashree members from Kuttanad were able to bag second prize. Kerala Police team bagged the first prize and the Devadas boat, rowed by the women team of Puthooran boat club bagged the third prize.
Kudumbashree members wholeheartedly received the idea of participating in the boat race when the idea was presented before them a month ago. 84 women came forward for team selection trails, and 36 women were selected out of them. Those selected were given intensive training of 5 hours each every day, starting from 25 July 2019. The team is proud that they were able to win, and full credits to their hard work and determination.
More than 100 women were registered from various CDS in Kuttanad. A total of 36 eligible candidates were selected from the screening process in two days. The CDS team consists CDS Chairpersons of Muttar, Pulinkunnu, Kainakari, Nedumudi, Ramankari, Edathwa and Kavalam. Chairpersons from Nedumudi, Kavitha Mohan and Edathwa, Thankamani Sudhan also participating. The team consisted women of 35 to 67 years of age. Selection and training were done under the supervision of 5 skilled trainers. The training was held from 1-5 August 2019 at Pullikunnaaru. Then on 6-7 August 2019, they were trained on the track at the Nehru Trophy Boat Race. The training were led by the Gender team of Kudumbashree. Sunita. P, District Program Manager, Gender was the team captain
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