MANISH TEWARI gives Rs. 10 lakh cheque for Kila Raipur Sports
Author(s): City Air NewsUnion Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari being presented a Memento by the office bearers of Grewal Sports Association at Kila Raipur during the Rural Olympics on Friday. Ludhiana, February 1, 2013:...
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Feb 1, 2013 12:30
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari being presented a Memento by the office bearers of Grewal Sports Association at Kila Raipur during the Rural Olympics on Friday.
Ludhiana, February 1, 2013: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (IC), Manish Tewari has said that UPA Government is committed for the strengthening of infrastructure of Rural Sports in the country.
Addressing a large gathering at Kila Raipur on the second day of Kila Raipur Sports Festival in the Ludhiana district on Friday Tewari said that the former Sports and Youth Affairs Ministers Sunil Dutt and Mani Shankar Ayyar had witnessed the Kila Raipur sports, which are considered as the Rural Olympics and had a done everything possible to adopt the model of Kila Raipur Sports in the rest of the country.
The Minister congratulated Grewal Sports Association for holding such a grand rural sports event, which is viewed and applauded world-wide.
Tewari promised the oragnisers that the scope and infrastructure of Kila Raipur Sports will be further widened and strengthened.
He handed over a cheque of Rs. 10 lac to the office bearers of Grewal Sports Association for the upgradation of stadium and construction of new rooms and also laid the foundation stone for the same.
The Minister also gave away prizes to the winners of the various events.
On the occasion, former Punjab Ministers Malkit Singh Dakha, Isher Singh Mehrban, former MLA Jasbir Singh Jassi Khangura, District Congress President (Urban) Pawan Dewan, former Chairman of Punjab Housefed KK Bawa, President of Grewal Sports Association Gursandeep Singh Grewal, Secretary Balwinder Singh and several prominent sports personalities were present.
Kila Raipur sports festival is popularly known as Rural Olympics oragnised by Grewal Sports Association. This three day sports festival attracts more than 4,000 sports men and women both in recognised and traditional sports. It is witnessed by more than 10 lakh people. Of late, Kila Raipur sports festival has become a truly international rural sports event. Kila Raipur has perhaps the biggest rural sports stadiums in the country with a capacity of 50 thousand spectators. Many foreign TV Channels, besides DD Punjabi and DD Sports shoot this sports bonanza. Kila Raipur, a little village beyond Ludhiana, has been holding the Rural Olympics for last 55 years.
