To ensure that Punjab regains its top spot in the sporting annals of the country, the State Government is all geared up to modernize sports infrastructure throughout the length and breadth of the state.
Disclosing this, the state Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Sunday said that as a part of modernizing the sports related infrastructure, the revamping and sprucing up of the stadiums situated across Punjab assumes much significance and this aspect occupies high priority in government's scheme of things.
He said that besides this, several other initiatives are also very much on the agenda of the State Government to give much needed boost to the sports sphere in the state.
“A comprehensive sports policy is being readied for the creation of sports culture in the state and listed training of the players with the latest state of the art equipment, providing nutritious diet to the players so as to keep their physical and psychological faculties intact, revival of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Awards to reward players winning laurels at the international, national and state level, jobs to the medal winners as well as honouring them with the cash prizes as some of the initiatives being contemplated,” he said.
Sodhi said that giving boost to the sporting infrastructure in the border areas especially would be the prime focus of the government in order to give the budding talent from these regions the chance to showcase their skills and come up at the national and international level.
listing another important aspect, the state’s Sports Director Rahul Gupta said that top-notch companies would be involved in the project of refurbishing sports stadiums and according them new and beautified look.
He also reiterated that Punjab Government is fully committed to making the name of state echo again in the national and international sporting arena.