Reasi admin gears up for ‘Khelo-India’ sports initiative

Reasi : Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Prasanna Ramaswamy G Friday conducted a meeting to take stock of upcoming sports events in the district to be conducted under ‘Khelo-India’ initiative.
The meeting was held to finalize the preparation for trials and pre-trials to be conducted in various blocks of the district from where the chosen talent will be further trained under the ‘Khelo-India’ program.
The meeting was further informed that under the ‘Khelo-India’ initiative, Rs 40 lakh have been sanctioned for the district, with each tehsil- Reasi, Pouni, Mahore and Arnas- getting an equal share of Rs 10 lakh.
The sports coordinators briefed the DC about the selected venues for the events. The DC assured his full cooperation to the team of coordinators and also asked them to document every step being taken for talent identification.
The meeting was attended by Assistant Commandant, Birbal Mahey from CISF, SDM Dharmari, Sushil Kesar and other concerned.