Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: The Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council (JKSSC) has failed to utilize the grants provided to it under Khelo India scheme, the centrally sponsored PM's package for sports.
After a long delay the Sports Council has woken up to hold the coaching camp cum competition under Khelo India scheme.
Khelo India is an initiative of Modi Government which was taken up for the development of sports in the country and the grants were provided in advance.
The coaching camp as well as the competition for Boxing, Hockey, Volley ball, Kabbaddi, Yoga, Fencing, Judo, Wrestling, Athletics, Football and Wushu would be held in Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua, R S Pura Samba and Hiranagar commencing from 27th December, 2016.
Reliable sources said the same competitions were scheduled to be held before 20th August and a fixture was also released for the same but these competitions were delayed twice due to the lackadaisical attitude of the officials of the Sports Council.
While talking to Early Times Joint Secretary JKSSC, Shiv Kumar Sharma, said, "The competitions would commence from 27th December. The same were scheduled to be held on 15th December thereafter these were delayed for seven days and but we had to reschedule the date again due to some technical errors. The screening tests will start from 27th December and thereafter the competitions will take place in different categories."
He said, "The Khelo India scheme under Prime Minister's package is a centrally sponsored scheme wherein a grant of around Rs 9 lakhs has already been released in the favor of the JKSSC and the same will be utilized with transparency." |
