Karnal will host the grand opening ceremony of ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ on September 24, in which 10,000 people including sports persons will participate, whereas the closing ceremony will be organised at Hisar on October 28.
This event is an integral part of swarna jayanti celebrations in Haryana and Chief Minister Manohar lal will be the chief guest on the occasion.
The preparations for the event were reviewed during a meeting with Coordination Committee which was presided over by Chief Secretary DS Dhesi here. District-level sports competitions would be held from September 26 to October 3 and state-level sports competitions would be held fromOctober 5 to October 26, said an official spokesman.
He said that in order to encourage maximum participation of people from rural and urban areas, state-level sports competitions will be organised in multiple categories which will also include children under 14 years age group, elderly above 60 years age group and Specially-abled athletes.