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Will take sports to next level in JK: Advisor Kumar 11/26/2018 10:41:26 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 26: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today said that various initiatives are being taken for promoting sports activities among the youth in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the youth of J&K are talented and in order to provide them a platform to showcase their talent, various initiatives will be implemented with regards to the development of the sports infrastructure. "We will take J&K sports to a different level in coming times," he said Advisor Kumar was speaking as Chief Guest during the Youth Convention at SKICC which was organized by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Youth Services & Sports (YSS) and J&K State Sports Council (JKSSC). The convention was organized to felicitate those youth from Kashmir division including Leh and Kargil who have brought laurels for the State at local as well as at national and international levels in various fields. The convention was attended by the scores of boys and girls from various districts of Kashmir including Leh and Kargil, among which, various young sports personalities shared their stories with regards to success they have achieved in their respective sport. Advisor Kumar further said that the divisional administration has identified 580 places in Kashmir Division where the sports infrastructure is under developmental process so to provide better facilities for the youth. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary YSS, Sarmad Hafeez said that the department is working hard to find the talented sportspersons from various areas of the State so that they can be groomed into the better sports professionals. "We at YSS are trying hard to provide sports opportunity to our youth," he said adding all the sportspersons, their coaches and the sports administration has to work with zeal and zest to bring the better results on ground level. Giving details about schemes and initiatives of YSS in the State, Hafeez said that Rs 10 lakh has been released to every block in the State under Khelo India scheme for various sports activities.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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