In a bid to encourage girls’ participation in various sports, Tata Steel Rural Development Society has organised a football tournament for the girls of 32 Kasturba Gandhi Baalika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools. Around 1,000 girls are participating in the event.
These girls belong to KGBVs from Seraikela Kharsawan, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum districts. The tournament by Mita Singhal, wife of Rajeev Singhal, VP, Raw Material, Tata Steel on Friday at Armoury Ground — will continue till September 21, 2014. A total of 64 teams comprising girls in under-14 and open category are participating in the three-day tournament. On day-1, KGBV, Jamshedpur and Dumaria have qualified to the semi-finals while in the open category, KGBV Musabani and Kharsawan have reached the semi-finals. Similarly, a second set of qualifying round will be held on September 20, which will be inaugurated by Radha Tripathi, wife of SD Tripathi, VP, Human Resource Management, Tata Steel. The finals will be held on September 21.