Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Sunday visited the wrestling venue at Parade Ground, where wrestling competitions are being organised on every Sunday. During his visit Rawat met with the organisers of the wrestling competition as well the participants.He also felicitated the participants by presenting them with cash amount.In his address Chief Minister Rawat said Uttarakhand had got the responsibility to host National Games in 2018. To ensure its success, the State Government had prepared an action plan and was working on its implementation.
The Chief Minister also announced that the State Government had decided to celebrate this year as Year for Rural Games. As a part of this, games and sports competitions would be organised at rural-level so that local youth could participate in large numbers.He added that preparations and practices would have to start from now in case they wanted the youth of the State to give their best performance in National Games to be organised in 2018.He reiterated that his Government was committed to promote wrestling as well all other kinds of sports in the State.
Considering the demand placed by the organisers, Rawat also gave assurance to provide space for gymnasium as well as wrestling. Speaking on the occasion, the head of Akharha Seran Samiti Mahaveer Sharma said he had been organising wrestling every Sunday since 1984. Participants from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Uttarakhand have been enthusiastically participating in the wrestling competitions ever since.Present on the occasion were conservator Devendra Singh and Coach Fakeer Chandra among others.