A district-level sport for persons with disabilities (PwD) was launched at the Nabakrushna Choudhury stadium here on Wednesday.
District collector SK Mohapatra inaugurated the event in the presence of MLAs Bishnu Charan Das, Prasanta Kumar Muduli, Social Security Officer AW Khan, Sports Officer Biswa Bijayin Patnaik and DIPRO Kamini ranjan Patnaik.
Participants having disabilities of locomotors, blind, deaf, MR and cerebral palsy (CP) will take part in various events in senior and junior categories. Events such as tri-cycle, wheel chair, long jump, potato race, music chair, basketball, athletic and drawing competitions are being held. Hundreds of disable children from different blocks and schools took part in the inaugural event.