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| Open Kashmir Table Tennis Tournament concludes | | Govt committed to provide adequate sports infrastructure: Peerzada | |
Srinagar, August 24 – Asserting that government is committed to expand sports infrastructure in the state, Minister for Sports Peerzada Mohammad Syed has said that sports activities are getting a fresh lease of life as sports person of rare repute from Jammu and Kashmir have emerged on the national scene during last few years.
This was stated by Minister during at the conclusion of Open Kashmir Table Tennis Tournament (Boys/Girls) organized by Jammu and Kashmir Table Tennis Association and sponsored by CRPF of Srinagar sector Nawakadal Women College here today. The tournament started on August 10.
Peerzada said that there is no dearth of talent in J&K and government is keen to channelize the same by providing adequate infrastructure for every category of sport. He said “our target is to match the national and international standard. He however, said that it would take time to achieve this goal. He said the sport sector also suffered heavy damage over the years of turmoil but due to liberal funding from Centre and active support of the people reconstruction of the same has been taken up in a big way.
Referring to the success achieved by player of the state at national and international level Mehraj-u-din and Abid Ahmad in their respective games, Peerzada said that “we have to provide conducive atmosphere to other budding talent also so that they could make a mark in their respective fields”. He appealed to all Sports loving individuals to work unitedly for achieving the desired results in this very important field.
Reiterating the government’s commitment, Peerzada said that during last 9 months, some bold initiatives have been taken for the revival of the physical education department in schools. He said that the departments has created about three thousand posts to provide physical education right from elementary level.
Later Minister distributed awards among the winners among 117 Boys and Girls who took part in the tournament. |
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