2nd Khelo India winter Games
Day 2: Kiran Rijuji inaugurates National Centre of Excellence for Winter Sports at Gulmarg
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GULMARG, FEBRUARY 27: Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijuji today inaugurated National Centre of Excellence for Winter Sports here.
The Advisor to LG, Farooq Ahmad Khan, DG SAI, Mukund Pradhan, Secretary, Youth Services and Sports J&K, Sarmand Hafeez, Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul and President Winter Games Association J&K, Mohammad Abbas Wani, were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, MoS, Kiren Rijuji said that Nstion Centre of Excellence is a value addition to the sports infrastructure at Gulmarg, to make it centre of adventure and professional sports activities with signature effect on over all manifestation of sports talent of the youth. He said this will create a lot of opportunities for the locals, besides serving the aim of government to make Gulmarg an international destination of sports.Meanwhile, the continued snowfall throughout the day led to the cancellation of several events that were scheduled to be held at Hill Top and Kongdori. The rescheduled date will be notified by the Winter Games Association.
