The development of sports infrastructure has picked up after Chhattisgarh became a State in 2000, Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal here said.
Inaugurating the four-day all India inter-university netball tournament on Wednesday at the ground of Pt Ravishankar Shukla University here, the Minister said the State Government had been taking every step to encourage sports and developing the necessary infrastructure.
Highlighting the national and international sporting events so far organised in the State, he said after building an international cricket stadium, the Government had also recently unveiled an Astro Turf Hockey stadium to encourage hockey.
The Government has been rewarding athletes of different streams in order to encourage them and to boost the sporting environment in the Sate. Similarly the Government had been providing jobs to those who have excelled in sports.
Agrawal said more than one hundred athletes have been provided jobs by the Government in the last three years. large number of women netball players of about 22 universities across India have been participating in the four-day at Pt Ravishankar Shukla University which will conclude on Jan 25.
The tournament is being organised by the Physical education department of of Pt Ravishankar Shukla University. University Vice-Chancellor Dr SK Pandey was among other eminent persons who were present in the tournament inauguration ceremony.