Police Families Welfare Society, Delhi Police (PFWS) has selected 25 girls and 67 boys for Mission Olympics 2020. PFWS initiative “WAJIFA” has recently concluded Phase-1 of Mission Olympics which will encourage and train children of police personnel in different fields of sports for higher levels. On Thursday, Suchana Patnaik, wife of Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and president of PFWS, launched an initiative “Neele Pankh” in support of “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Khelao”.
The selection process started with a talent hunt with no registration fee for the Phase-I in five disciplines such as; Athletics, Badminton, Shooting, Wrestling and Kabaddi. This will be followed by Phase-II in which basic facilities like Physiotherapy, Proper diet, other specific training will be provided to the selected students. After that Phase III will start in which national level training will be provided to students and after playing the national level competition they will represent their country in the Olympics 2020.
In the presence of the patrons, Delhi Police Commissioner assured all kind of support to encourage sports achievers. Police chief mentioned “Earlier there was no such encouragement for students, still they did excellent but now with the support PFWS they will surely achieve milestones. He lauded the parents of the students for supporting their wards and encouraging them in the field of sports. A parent has a huge effect on his/her child to achieve best in every field. He even congratulated PFWS for this mission and wished them luck”, Patnaik saida.
Olympian Sushil Kumar and Deepa Malik and former cricketer Ajay Ratra graced the event. Ratra was refree for the Phase-I of Olympics Mission 2020. “PFWS strives to associate with Government organisations, sports Ministers, corporate sectors, PSUs and world class sports achievers to provide formal training and all kinds of support to the selected ones”, Delhi Police said in a statement.
The goodwill Ambassador of PFWS Mission Olympics, Neelam Pratap Rudy congratulated president of PFWS Suchana Patnaik on this new initiative.
She mentioned about her childhood stories that how sports came into her life, made its presence and what importance does sports hold in her life. She stressed upon the importance of Yoga in the field of sports and that it is a pride for our country that worldwide people are practicing it thanks to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said.