Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday chaired the meeting of executive committee of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association here.
Several important decisions regarding development of sports in the State and also about the arrangements to be made for forthcoming 37th National Games to be held in Chhattisgarh.
The Chief Minister said that strict compliance to quality standards should be ensured while developing sports infrastructure.
Singh said in the meeting that sports talents of the State, who have won medals for Chhattisgarh during the past or who have missed winning the medal with narrow margin, should be groomed into becoming international-level sports persons.
Such sports should also be identified, and related sports persons should be provided best possible sports and training facilities, he said.
The Chief Minister said that Bastar Division is blessed with great talents in athletics as well as other sports. These talented youngsters can be trained for national and international-level sports tournaments.
Singh insisted that industries should extend support for development of sports infrastructure in Bastar.
While reviewing the preparations for 37th National Games, the Chief Minister said that Chhattisgarh Olympic Association should coordinate with other sports associations and chalk out action plan for expediting the preparations for National Games.
He added that as various competitions under National Games will be organized in Raipur, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon and Durg-Bhilai, proper accommodation and training arrangements for sportspersons should be made in these cities.
In this meeting, Patron of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association and MP Ramesh Bais and Chairman of Chhattisgarh Hockey Association Anil Verma, Member of Rajya Sabha Ranvijay Singh Judev, Member of Executive Committee of Indian Olympic Association Vikram Singh Sisodia, Chairman of Chhattisgarh Civil Supply Corporation lata Usendi, Ex-Chairman of Chhattisgarh Housing Board Subhash Rao, General Secretary of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association Baldev Singh Bhatia, Ex-MlA Kuldeep Juneja, Vijay Pandey and Vishwajeet Mitra along with chairmen, officials and members of various sports associations were also present.
In the meeting, October 25 has been decided to be the tentative date for election of new executive committee of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association.
Two-minute silence was observed in the meeting to pay homage to late Shravan Shrivastava, father of Vishnu Shrivastava- Treasurer of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association.
MP Ramesh Bais insisted that students should be provided one games period in school every day, so as to draw their interest towards various kinds of sports.
He thanked the Chief Minister for establishing Archery Academy in Chhattisgarh and underlined the need of a good coach and better training facility there.
General Secretary of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association Baldev Singh Bhatia presented report of the Association in the meeting.