Sri Vijaya Puram, Sept. 25: The ‘Wildlife Week Cup’ Knockout Football Tournament got underway at Mini Stadium Wimberlygunj yesterday. The event was inaugurated by Dr. S Dinesh Kannan, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife & Territorial) in presence of PRI members, officials of Forest Department and others. The chief guest highlighted that the South Andaman Forest Department has organized the football tournament to spread the message ‘Team Up for Wildlife’ to protect our wildlife and natural heritage.
The tournament has been organized under the aegis of South Andaman Forest Division as a run up to the celebration of the 72nd Wildlife Week under the theme “Connecting Habitats, Thriving Wildlife”. A total of 22 teams are participating in the tournament. The inaugural match was played between Stewartgunj team and King Makers Team in which King Makers Team won the match by 3-1.