Deputy Commissioner (D C) Ravishankar Shukla inaugurated a three-day long Khel Mahakumbh 2017 to search hidden talents under Mission Olympic Gold at the New Stadium Ground near St. Columba's college at Hazaribagh on Monday in which SDO Aditya Ranjan, other officials from district administration and sports lover were present.
More than 300 participants below 12 years of age are participating in this three- day long sports carnival.
Addressing the gathering DC Shukla said that it is the first leg of mission Olympic Gold.
Those who will get selected here will participate in state level competition. The selected participants will get admitted in English medium schools where they will get free education upto 12th and all other facilities including dress, books, copies etc.
The Sports Promotion Society of Jharkhand will arrange the training of the selected participants in different sports academies so that the hidden talents could be nurtured and promoted with the help of good coaches and tools etc.
Project head Sabyasachi Manna said that in this first leg we are going to select 100 participants in different events from a district. These selected participants will compete in the state level competition. We have made a target to select 222 young sport persons for Mission Olympic Gold from the State.
On this occasion the district administration felicitated international hockey player Pankaj Kumar Rajak who has recently been selected in Indian hockey team. Rajak availed the opportunity by putting a demand of providing astro turf ground in Hazaribagh for the hockey players of the district so that their hidden talent can be flourished.