Chandigarh, April 25 – Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that Khelo India Youth Games 2021 will be organised in the State from June 4 to June 13, 2022. These include 5 sports of Indian origin of the 25 sports in the Under-18 age group and these games will be held in Shahbad, Ambala, Chandigarh and Delhi apart from Panchkula. Around 8 ,500 players will participate in these games.
The Chief Minister shared detailed information regarding the event with the Union Sports Minister, Sh. Anurag Thakur through video conference during the meeting of Organizing and Co-ordination Committee of Khelo India Youth Games 2021 today. Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Sardar Sandeep Singh was also present in the meeting.
Outstanding sports infrastructure ready
The Chief Minister said that on May 8, a mascot and logo of Khelo India Youth Games would be launched at Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula. For this, extensive preparations have been made. He said that 2-3 multipurpose halls, synthetic track, athletic track have been constructed for sports.
Besides this, the work of auditorium in Badminton Hall, Government Women's College, Sector 14, Panchkula has also been completed. He said that the construction work of Hockey Stadium Panchkula and Shahbad has also been almost completed. Also, an all-weather swimming pool has been completed in Ambala.
Team of young officers will be deployed for organizing the games
The Chief Minister said that a full team of young officers had been deployed for organizing these games and they would closely monitor every competition venue so that the players would not face any problems. In these games, complete arrangements for cleanliness will be done while taking forward the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Sports competitions will be filled with Haryanvi culture
The Chief Minister said that cultural programmes depicting Haryanvi culture would be organised in these games and during Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the tales of innumerable heroes of freedom struggle and introduction of excellent players of the state would be displayed through an exhibition so that the young generation could take inspiration from them. He said that a promotion event programme for the games would be organised in Gurugram on May 13.
Focus will be on new ideas
Union Sports Minister, Sh. Anurag Thakur lauded the commendable work done in Haryana with regard to saving girl child. Besides this, the women players of the state have made India proud in every game held abroad. He said that in order to further increase the interest of the students towards sports we should emphasize on sports-based theme. He said that it is a matter of joy that new ideas are being suggested by the State of Haryana, thus, we should implement these new ideas in Khelo India Youth Games so that the efforts being made by the State is a subject of discussion across the country. He said that Covid-19 protocol should be strictly adhered to in these games to be held in June and complete arrangements for testing etc. of the players should be made.
Sports Department Director, Sh. Pankaj Nain apprised about the preparations being made for Khelo India Youth Games through a presentation.
Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S. Dhesi, Additional Chief Secretaries, Sh. P.K. Das, Sh. Rajeev Arora, Sh. T.V.S.N. Prasad, Dr. Mahavir Singh, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Director General of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department and Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Smt Ashima Brar, Director General of Police, Sh. P.K. Agarwal and several officers of SAI were also present.