CM Raghubar Das on Thursday announced to start Kamal Clubs for promoting the local culture and youth affairs. Apart from providing vocational skills to the youngsters, the centre will also focus on their overall development. The best performing clubs will be equipped with gym facilities. CM has welcomed suggestions for the proposal. He was holding a review meeting with Tourism and Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs departments Minister Amar Kumar Bauri and officials today.He informed that the government is working on starting Pension Scheme for the local artists and players who have been awarded at the national and international levels. He also said the process of recruiting such winners in the government departments has been started. The local sports of Jharkhand will soon be developed as International Role Model.Das said keeping the popularity of sports in mind, stadiums should be constructed and Special Training Centres should be coordinated. He instructed the Sports Department officials to host sports competitions from village to state levels.
The winners of the competitions will be felicitated during the Statehood Day celebrations on November 15. Moreover, he asked officials to update the daily report of the 34 Residential and 105 Day-Boarding Centres functional in the state.He ordered to arrange digging facilities in the archeological sites along with accommodation, transportation and public services in the tourist and heritage sites of the state. Similar to Deoghar, he asked officials to provide solar lights in Parasnath and Gajeshwar Dham. He said that all the lakes of the state should be developed.The meeting was also attended by Sanjay Kumar, the Principal Secretary to CM as well as Tourism cum Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Secretary Avinash Kumar, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Director Anil Kumar Singh and JTDC Managing Director Sunil Kumar.