‘Govt committed to providing proper sports facility in schools’
Monday, 29/07/2019
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Chandigarh : The Punjab Government is fully committed to providing every facility to the budding players undergoing training under sports wings on the schools, besides ensuring top notch infrastructure with an aim at producing future champions at international-level. Disclosing this here on Sunday in a press communique, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi of the state said the department was also making sure that all the sports wings function in an efficient manner with transparency being the main factor. Divulging details, the minister said a total of 167 wings had been established in the schools of all the 22 districts with provision for admitting players in the residential/day scholars. He also added that sanction had been given to admit 2,830 students/players in these wings for the 2019-20 session. Rana Sodhi further elaborated that special attention would be paid to the aspect of providing nutritious and quality diet to the players. He further said for this purpose, a committee has been constituted comprising the District Sports Officer concerned, principal/incharge of the school/wing concerned and coach of the game apart from the two senior most players. He also directed that the bills with regard to the diet be sent to the head office by the District Sports Officer concerned duly by 10 of every month. The minister further instructed the officials of the Sports Department to conduct checks at regular intervals at the sports wings to ensure that they were functioning properly and in a streamlined manner. Stating the purpose behind these wings to train the players from a young age by adhering to the ‘Catch them young’ policy, the minister reiterated that Punjab would soon be able to regain its glory in the sporting arena.
