Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 6

Ace Army mountaineer Lt Col Ranveer Singh Jamwal today slammed the state government for not having a full-fledged sports policy. Colonel Jamwal, hailing from Badhori village in Samba district, had recently scaled the Mount Everest for a third time.Interacting with media persons during a “Meet the Press” programme organised by the Press Club of Jammu on its premises here today, Colonel Jamwal criticised the present and previous state governments for lacking in formulating a sports policy and suggested the government should draft a policy on Haryana’s pattern, so that sportsmen from the state could shine in their fields.“It is unfortunate that despite having no dearth of talent here, the state government has not yet framed a plan for budding players. This is the reason players prefer to move out of the state and represent other states,” he said.Feeling proud to be a Dogra to conquer the world’s highest peak for a third time, Colonel Jamwal said, “The Indian Army has made me. It hardly matters whether the state government acclaims my achievements or not”.He also expressed concern over global warming. “There is threat to glaciers across the world. Khumbru Glacier on the Everest used to melt in the month of June but because of rising temperatures this year it started melting in April,” he said.