The opening ceremony of multipurpose indoor Sports hall Nilandrusu, Bijbehara Anantnag was held today.
The SDM Bijbehara Muhammad Saleem Jahangir presided over the function as chief guest and Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Joint Secretary J&K Sports Council and Ghulam Rasool Bhat, Tehsildar Bijbehara were guest of honour on the occasion.
Sports enthusiasts in large numbers flocked to the venue. The function also marked the throwing open of facility to the players in the sports disciplines of Volleyball, Pencak silat, Wrestling and Badminton.
Around 200 players, both boys and girls from these respective sports disciplines were also present on the occasion.
Terming this as a welcome step to promote the sports in its true sense, SDM Bijbehara hoped that the players will use the facilities to hone their skills and represent union territory of J&K at the highest level and bring laurels to both the J&K and country:
Speaking on the occasion, Joint Secretary J&K Sports Council informed the participants that the training classes in the disciplines of Pencak silat and Badminton shall start soon followed by training classes in other games.