To get a medal in National level competition for someone residing in adverse conditions is really a source of inspiration, said Vidhan Sabha speaker Prem Chand Agarwal, while felicitating differently abled sportspersons of the State who participated in the recently concluded 17 National Para Olympic championship.
In the competition 26 differently abled sportspersons from the State participated. Agarwal said that he is aware about the problems faced by the players as he himself was a National player of Volleyball. He said that players residing in mountainous parts of State must be very happy after achieving success.
He offered every possible help for differently abled athletes. The speaker wished good luck and progress for these athletes in future. He congratulated the players and said that mere participation in the national championship is a big achievement.
The Speaker felicitated Harish Chaudhary, Varun Jain, Ashish Singh, Satyaprakash and Rajendra Dhami on the occasion.
The general secretary of the Para Olympic association of Uttarakhand Prem Kumar was also present on the occasion.
He expressed hope that State para Olympic would be held in the Uttarakhand in near future.