SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday honoured the medal winners of Nationwide and Worldwide Competitions for the years 2021-22 and 2022-23. He prolonged his congratulations to all of the athletes and coaches for his or her excellent performances, a DIPR assertion stated.
“A complete of 368 sportspersons, from 17 disciplines, acquired particular money awards amounting to Rs 1.35 crore immediately of their financial institution accounts via the DBT mode. Notably, Aqsa Gulzar was awarded Rs 12 lakh, whereas Sohan Kamotra acquired Rs 8 lakh money award within the disciplines of Pencak Silat and Chess, respectively,” he stated.
Throughout the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor inaugurated a State-of-the-Artwork Artificial Soccer Turf costing Rs 4.83 crore at Parade Floor, Jammu. Moreover, he laid the inspiration stone of the Artificial Hockey Subject at Bandhurakh price Rs 4.85 crore.
“Beneath the management of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji, we’ve got constructed trendy sports activities infrastructure, offering world-class coaching and mentoring to athletes and all different helps to make sure J&Okay’s sportspersons are in a position to obtain excellence in nationwide and worldwide sporting occasions,” remarked the Lieutenant Governor.
He additionally prolonged his felicitations to the Para groups and girls athletes for his or her exceptional feat in main sporting occasions, expressing optimism for future worldwide successes.
Moreover, the Lieutenant Governor highlighted the federal government’s efforts to advertise sports activities throughout villages, far-flung, and border areas, bridging the hole between skills and alternatives. He emphasised the significance of sports activities infrastructure, the brand new sports activities coverage, and youth engagement drives on the Panchayat Degree in fostering a sturdy sports activities tradition.
The Lieutenant Governor counseled the endeavours of the Sports activities Division, Sports activities Council, and associations for selling sports activities actions in Jammu and Kashmir. He reiterated the administration’s dedication to the welfare of sportspersons and expeditious completion of the recruitment course of.
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