Aiming to encourage and hone rural sports talents, 21 multipurpose halls are being constructed in different districts of the state and equipment are being provided to the players along with other logistics. Four of these are in Mohanlalganj in Lucknow, Panchali Khurd in Meerut, Nagwan in Sonbhadra and Milkipur in Ayodhya and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed agencies engaged to establish them to get these enclosures ready in the next six months.
Under the Khelo India scheme, the Youth Welfare department of UP is providing high-level facilities to the players from rural background and as many as 20 mini stadiums are also being constructed in different districts of the state to promote sports in rural areas.
“The Youth Welfare department is working to nurture sports talents of rural youth. Sports facilities are being augmented to maintain the state of fitness among these youths. Apart from multipurpose halls and mini stadiums, open gymnasiums and playgrounds are being developed through convergence under Khelo India scheme,” a government official said in Lucknow.
Besides, the Youth Welfare department will be organising zonal level competitions in rural areas from September 16 and it will be followed by state level competitions in October. Events like athletics, volleyball, kabaddi, wrestling and weightlifting will prominently figure in these games.