Astro turf hockey field will be built in Bilaspur at a cost of seven crores: Anurag Thakur – Dainik Savera Times
Shimla: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur announced that an international level Astro Turf Hockey field will be built in Bilaspur Kahlur Sports Complex on which approximately Rs 7 crore will be spent. Thakur made this announcement while attending the inauguration ceremony of the 33rd three-day sports competition of Saraswati All India Institute of Education, Himachal Pradesh at Luhnu Indoor Stadium on Saturday as the chief guest.
Apart from this, Shri Thakur today presented certificates of beauty and wellness course to 300 women who were trained under the ‘Hunar Se Shikhar’ program run by Prayas Sanstha in Ghumarwin of his parliamentary constituency and listened to the public problems.
He said that an international level cricket stadium has been constructed in Bilaspur district and an athletics playground built at a cost of Rs 8 crore and an indoor stadium for other sports have been constructed. He said that soon Astroturf will be laid in the hockey field of this sports complex so that national and international level facilities can be provided to the hockey players of other districts adjoining Bilaspur.
The Union Minister said that Saraswati School is known for imparting values and discipline to the children along with education but now the children of Saraswati Schools are not lagging behind in the matter of sports also. Nishad Kumar, who graduated from Saraswati Vidya Mandir, has brought glory to the country as well as the institution by winning a medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics.
He said that more than Rs. 6 crores have been spent from his MP fund to build buildings, toilets, mid-day meal sheds and other sports infrastructure of Saraswati schools. It was a pleasure to meet the players, listen to them and share their experiences at the inaugural ceremony of the 33rd Provincial Athletics Sports Festival in Bilaspur today. Due to the leadership and policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the future of sports and players in India is golden.
He also instructed the members of Himachal Education Committee to develop skills of the children above class 6th in some field along with education, sports and values in these schools. Addressing the gathering to distribute beauty wellness certificates, Thakur said, “The contribution of self-reliant women is also very important in giving shape to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s self-reliant India vision. Keeping this in mind, we started the ‘Shunar Se Shikhar’ program in collaboration with Prayas Sanstha in Hamirpur parliamentary constituency where beauty and wellness programs are run for mothers and sisters of all ages. Today, 300 women of Baghed, Harlog and Bairimiya Panchayat of Jhanduta of Ghumarwin were given certificates after 45 days of training.
This program to promote employment and self-employment has trained about 4000 people. Shikhar not only increases the self-confidence and esteem of women through skills but also makes them self-reliant. We have named it from ‘Shunar’ to ‘Shikhar’ because if you have a degree and do not have skills then there is incompleteness. It is very important for a person to have skills. “With the aim of making women self-reliant and providing them the means to get self-employment, beauty and wellness training camps are being organized by experienced trainers for women in rural areas.”
