With use of wheelchairs for enabling physically-challenged youths to play sports gaining momentum across the country, the United Club Sports Club didn’t miss an opportunity to organise such an event here on Monday. “People with physical disabilities are now able to participate in everyday sporting events just like they would if they had no disabilities,” said an organiser, informing that the sports event was held for the first time for the physically-challenged persons in the district. The event was held on the Women’s College ground. Some dozens of differently-abled youngsters from different parts of district participated in the sports meet conducted by the club in collaboration with Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.
District Sports Officer Akhaya Kumar Seth, DSWO Narayan Behera, District Athletics Association secretary and Municipality Vice-Chairman Prahalad Tripathy, Asha Kiran Principal and Jagannath Behera shared the dais and distributed prizes. Club president P Srinivas Rao presided over the meeting while college PET, also the secretary of the club, coordinated the meeting.