Archit Watts,Chandigarh, August 14 : The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, General (Retd.) S. F. Rodrigues, inaugurated the 106th annual rural wrestling competition going to be held at Dr Bheem Rao Ambedkar Stadium in village Khuda Ali Sher, here today.
On the occasion Rodrigues announced that work for extending the stadium will be taken up soon.
To promote rural sports and to provide attractive incentive to the youth against drug abuse he announced that a wrestling competition and a kabbadi tournament will be organized in the stadium by the UT administration next year.
Sarpanch Bhupinder Kaur presented the Governor with a memorandum of demands by the villagers. The Governor said that these demands shall be gradually adressed and amenities will be provided to villages to bring them at par with the urban centres.
The Governor also announced cash rewards for winners in different categories. He appreciated the effort undertaken by the gram panchayat in organising this tournament and encouraged them to organise more such participative events in future.
Rodrigues also gave away medals to the wrestlers, who participated in the competition.Other senior officials present during the function were Ram Niwas, Home Secretary, Sanjay Kumar, Finance Secretary, Mohanjeet Singh, Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat, Sandeep Kumar, Director, Rural Development and Panchayat and Prerna Puri, Joint Director, Rural Development and Panchayat.
Its a good effort by UT administration.