Eklavya schools’ national sports competition will be held in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur
About 6 thousand players from 25 states will participate
-State level organizing committee meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary
Raipur, 27 November 2024: Eklavya Adarsh Residential Schools’ National Games are being organized in the capital Raipur. Sports competitions will be held from 15 to 19 December. This time Chhattisgarh has got the hosting of the National Games. For the successful organization of these games, a meeting of the State Level Organizing Committee constituted for the organization of Eklavya Adarsh Residential School Sports Competition was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain at Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan. Jain gave necessary guidelines regarding starting all the necessary preparations for the sports competitions, accommodation of players, transportation, sports venues, security arrangements, electricity and water and other arrangements.
While giving information about Eklavya Adarsh Awasiya Vidyalaya National Sports Competition, Principal Secretary of Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department, Mr. Sonamni Bora said that the sports talent of Scheduled Tribe students is to be identified, enhanced and encouraged so that they get an opportunity to display their abilities on various platforms and their talent can be given a new dimension by promoting the culture of sports. He said that about 23 games will be organized in the sports competitions. These include archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, chess, gymnastics, judo, yoga, tennis, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, weight lifting, wrestling, freestyle, basketball, football, handball, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho and volleyball. 15 individual and doubles and 7 group games will be organized in the sports competitions. National sports competitions will be held in various educational institutions and sports department playgrounds located in the capital Raipur. About 6 thousand players from 25 states will participate in the competition. The registration of the competitors will be done online through the portal. He informed that about 26 committees of various departments have been formed for the successful organization of the competition. Secretary of Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Mr. Himshikhar Gupta, along with officials of School Education, Higher Education, Public Health and Family Welfare, Sports and Youth Welfare, Public Works, Urban Administration, Tourism, Culture and Tribal Affairs Ministry of Government of India participated in this meeting held through video conferencing.
