Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that the government will spend Rs 1000 crore to develop world-class sporting facilities in every district of the state over the next few years.
World-Class Sporting Facilities In Each Assam District
”We will spend Rs 1,000 crore over the next few years to develop world-class sporting facilities in every district of the state,” Sarma said.
Sarma on June 11 distributed appointment letters to medal winners of 36th National Games and felicitated an expedition team to Mount Kanchenjunga during a programme held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati.
”To encourage Assam’s youth to pursue sports as a career opportunity, we took a decision that those who win medals in National/ Asian/ Commonwealth Games or Olympics will immediately get government jobs. We are working on a mission to make sports an attractive career,” he added.
”Drawing inspiration from the Centre’s Khelo India Games, we will be organising the Khel Maharan from October this year. It will be a 4 tier competition where participants from 27000 villages will participate in 5 games and then proceed to constituency, district and state level,” Sarma further said.