Rural Development & Panchayats Department Punjab To Organise Sports Competition At Block, Zila And State Level
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, February 1, 2016: In a first ever initiative, the Rural Development & Panchayats Department Punjab is going to organise Rural Sports Competitions, informed Mr.Sikander Singh Maluka, Minister for Rural...
Chandigarh, February 1, 2016: In a first ever initiative, the Rural Development & Panchayats Department Punjab is going to organise Rural Sports Competitions, informed Mr.Sikander Singh Maluka, Minister for Rural Development & Panchayats Punjab. He informed that the department would organise these competitions at three different levels namely at Block, Zila and State level. He added that rural men, women and members of Panchayati Raj Institutions are illegible to participate in these competitions. He said that first of all the competitions would be organised at Block Level, thereafter at Zila Level followed by State Level Competitions. The winners would be awarded cash prizes, said he.
Giving further details, Mr. Maluka said that the competitions at Block and Zila Level would be held byMarch 10 where as the State Level Competitions would be organised by the end of March or the first week of April. He said that the competitions for men include Kabadi(circle style), volley ball, tug of war, short put and 200m race where as for females the competition would be held in Kabadi(national style) and 200m race. He added that competitions in Tug- of –war would be held especially for the members of Panchayat / Zila Samiti, the Panches and the Sarpanches.
Mr. Maluka said that the aim of organising Rural Sports Competition is to inculcate sports culture amongst youth and simultaneously help to maintain physical fitness. This would also strengthen the cultural and social ties, said he.
Date:
Monday, February 1, 2016