19th Senior State Kho Kho Championship kick-starts

The 19th Senior State Kho Kho Championship (men and women) kick-started at the Gopabandhu Science College Ground here on Friday evening. 

The Championship will continue for three days.

The programme is organised by the Athagarh Kho Kho Association under the aegis of Odisha Kho Kho Association. local MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain inaugurated the programme and unfurled the Championship flag.

Eighteen men's group from Balasore, Dhenkanal, Angul, Bhadrak, KIIT, Gajapati, Khurdha, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack,Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanja, Rayagada and fifteen women's group from KIIT, Dhenkanal, Khurdha, Jagatsinghpur, Bolangir, Ganjam, Kendrapara, Puri, Sundargarh, Angul,Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur taken part in this Championship.