Anurag Thakur to attend ‘Khelo India Games’ opening

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 30

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur will be present for the start of Khelo India Youth Games-2021.

This decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the Khelo India Youth Games-2021 held under the chairmanship of Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sandeep Singh today.

The Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee of this games, Sanjeev Kaushal, was also present at the meeting.

It was decided in the meeting that the guidelines of all Covid-19 pandemic alerts would be followed in the programme.

To be held on January 3, 2022, this formal programme will be organised at 4.30 pm in Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector 5, Panchkula, and its live telecast will also be shown outside Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3.

Haryana’s Olympians and other players have also been invited for the formal launch of the programme so that the youth can take inspiration from them.

It was informed at the meeting that during this event, the sports mascot and official jersey will also be unveiled.

In the meeting, Director, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Haryana, Pankaj Nain, also gave a presentation on the preparations for organising the event.

the Khelo India Youth Games-2021 will be organised in 25 sports events, including five traditional games like gatka, kalaripayattu, thang-ta, malkhamb and yoga at five venues in Panchkula, Ambala, Shahabad, Chandigarh and Delhi. About 8,500 players, aged 15 and 17 years, of the country are expected to participate in this event. Apart from this, a sports expo will also be held. The event will be jointly organised by the Haryana Government and Sports Authority of India (SAI), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Decision taken at meeting

The decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the Khelo India Youth Games-2021 held under the chairmanship of Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sandeep Singh on Thursday.