The Sports and Youth Welfare Department had organised a district level women sports event under Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan in Uma Baalak School.
The players from five development blocks mainly Gariaband, Chhura, Deobhog, Fingeshwar and Manpur participated in the event. The events held during the sports meet were — Volleyball, Handball, Kho-Kho, Badminton, Basketball, Table Tennis, Kabbaddi, Swimming and Athletics were included in the district-level sports competition.
The Gariaband Team was adjudged winner of volleyball whereas team of Chhura was the runners-up in the event. In Kabaddi, Fingeshwar was the winner whereas Gariaband finished as second.
Alia Parveen won both the singles title for Bandminton and Table Tennis. Puja and Durga Chandrakar were the winners of Badminton (Double). In Athletics, Shanta from Gariaband stood first in 100 and 400 metres race whereas Preeti won the 800 metres race. Pushpa from Fingeshwar won the 200 metre track and field while Namina Kashyap won the 1500 metre race while Kumkum from Chura won the 3000 metre race.