State Sports Minister Dinesh Agarwal convened a meeting of officials on the occasion of national sports day and said that those sportsmen who won medals on international platforms would be judiciously honoured by the Government for enhancing the sports activities in the State.
He said that the outstanding sportspersons would be honoured on the occasion of the State foundation day. Agarwal said that the sportsman who brought laurels to the State would be honoured with Khel Ratna and Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Dronacharya Award on the occasion of State foundation day on 09 November and the awardees would be honoured with Rs five lakh and coach would be given Rs three lakh.
He said that those sportsperson who attain the age of 40 would be given the pension by the State Government. Agarwal said that free bus passes would be given to those sportsperson who participated in the international sport events and the expanses would be borne by the sports department of the State. Agarwal also announced that Padam Bahadur Mall, who is Arjun awardee and Asian Gold medal winner would be felicitated on the occasion of the State foundation day and Rs five lakh would be also given to him.
According to him, Khel Ratna and Devbhoomi Uttarakhand Dronacharya Award would be started on the occasion of State foundation day. He cleared that apart from the international players, who brought laurels to Uttarakhand, veterans and physically handicapped players would be also honoured with the cash prize.
Agarwal said that high level committee has been constituted by the State Government to study the facilities being provided to players in UP, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh etc. and the facilities would be enhanced in the State on the recommendations by the committee. He said that international level players would be directly appointed on the Class-II posts.
Agarwal said claimed that Rs five crore has been sanctioned for construction of swimming pool, hostel, gymnasium and renovation at Pavilion ground under special component plan whereas 1.94 crore has would be allocated for Parade ground in the present financial year in comparison to Rs 2.73 crore, which was sanctioned in the last year financial year besides, Rs 14.17 crore would be also sanctioned for multi purpose hall at Raipur and Rs 28 lakh extra would be sanctioned for under construction synthetic track in the present financial year besides, Rs seven crore has been already sanctioned in the last financial year.
He said that union Government has already sanctioned Rs six crore of the multipurpose hall at Kashipur and the construction work would be started at earliest in the present financial year. Agarwal cleared that Rs 17 crore has been sanctioned for Rajiv Gandhi international stadium and the construction work will start in present financial year as the design and layout of the stadium is at the final stage. Agarwal cleared that no stone would be left unturned for enhancing sports facilities in the State. Sports Secretary Ajay Kumar Pradyot, Ajay Agarwal,Deputy Director and many more officers were present.