An inter-school Kho-Kho tournament was launched at the DAV Public School at Gosaninuagaon here on Saturday on behalf of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
As many as 500 students from 10 States like Odisha, West Bengal, Ghhattisgarh, Mizoram, Tripura Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya are participating in two categories (Under 17 and Under 19) of Kho-Kho events to continue for three days.
School Principal Deep Gambir said all preparations have been made for stay of the participants.
K Kamswar Rao has been given charge as organising secretary.
Internationally-acclaimed weightlifter and DSP K Ravi Kumar graced the lunching ceremony as chief guest. Among others, CBSE, Bhubaneswar Assistant Secretary
Manish Agrawala, DAV Public School Chairman Dr DJJ Swain, former District Sports Officer Akhaya Patnaik were present.
On the inaugural day, matches were held between Rayagada and Chhatrapur, Sambalpur and Bargarh and West Bengal and Bhubaneswar International School.