Saturday, August 28, 2010

Sports equipments for 1233 villages on National Sports Day

Sports equipments for 1233 villages on National Sports Day

Sports equipments for 1233 villages on National Sports Day

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:35 PM PDT

Chandigarh, Aug 28 : On the occasion of the National Sports Day tomorrow (August 29) which falls on the birthday of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, the Punjab Sports Department, will disburse sports equipment of Rs 1.25 crore among 1233 villages and 14 blocks of the state.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has declared August 29, birthday of Major Dhyan Chand as the National Sports Day, each village will get grant-in-aid of Rs 10,000 and block panchayat Rs 20,000 in the form of sports equipment for the second successive year under the Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan scheme. These villages and block panchayats will continue to receive grant-in-aid for five years.

The National Sports Day will also mark the finals and closing functions at all districts headquarters of the three-day District Level Rural Games for boys and girls under-16 in athletics, handball, basketball, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, weightlifting, volleyball, wrestling and football. More than 75,000 boys and girls are competiting in the three-day rural games.

Punjab Sports Director Olympian Pargat Singh said while the District Level Rural Games for boys and girls Under-16 would conclude tomorrow, the District Level Women Championship in various sports disciplines would start. Competitions would be held in athletics, basketball, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, handball, gymnastics, badminton, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, tennis, boxing, football, shooting, weightlifting and wrestling. However, the women's championship in Jalandhar will be conducted from September 3. This has been necessitated to avoid clash of dates with Punjab School Games.

--UNI

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