Those with the determination and capacity to do something and rise above the average succeed in rising above their handicaps. The State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Dinesh Aggarwal said this at the first Uttarakhand Deaf Chess Championship organised by the Uttarakhand Sports Society of the Deaf in Dehradun on Sunday.
After awarding the winners and participants, the Minister said that the determination exhibited by hearing impaired persons at the event should be maintained and they should not look back. He averred that the State Government is working for the benefit of their hearing impaired and any assistance required for their sports events will be provided by the Government.
In the women’s section, Bina Rana won the first place followed by Jyoti Singh at the second position and lakshmi Panwar at the third position. In the men’s section, Sandeep Arora won the first place followed by Sudhanshu Yadav and Kayatan Sharma at the second the third positions respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, the USSD president Rajesh Kumar said that the USSD is the foremost sports organisation for the hearing impaired. The society organises various sporting events for the deaf persons in the State so that they may develop their talents and merge with the mainstream of society. He further informed that about 60 hearing impaired chess players from Dehradun, Roorkee, Udham Singh Nagar, Haldwani, Tehri and other areas participated in the competition on Sunday. The first position winners received Rs 1,000 cash prize and medal with the second and third position winners receiving Rs 500 and Rs 250 cash prizes respectively along with medals.