Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday flagged off ‘Asian Hockey Championship (girls) Gaurav Yatra’ to advertise the primary mega sports activities occasion being held within the state from November 11 to twenty.
Groups from India, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand will take part within the eighth version of Girls Asian Champions Trophy 2024 on the newly constructed Rajgir sports activities advanced within the state. India was the winner of the earlier championship.
The ‘Trophy Gaurav Yatra’ is aimed toward spreading consciousness about hockey amongst women, mentioned officers. The yatra, comprising college students, former gamers and sports activities officers, will begin on a bus which is able to journey throughout all 38 districts in Bihar. The contributors will fly to Haryana, Jharkhand, Orissa and Punjab as a part of the yatra from October 14 to November 10.
The Bihar authorities sanctioned `10 crore for the sports activities occasion. The Chief Minister inaugurated the astro turf on the hockey floor in Rajgir on Nationwide Sports activities Day on August 29. A Bihar authorities official mentioned: “As Bihar is internet hosting such a prestigious worldwide occasion for the primary time, we wish individuals to understand how the state authorities is selling sports activities, particularly amongst girls.”
The Girls Asian Champions Trophy is being collectively organised by the sports activities division of Bihar authorities, Bihar State Sports activities Authority, Hockey India and Asian Hockey Federation.
A press assertion from the state authorities learn: “The target of the ‘Trophy Gaurav Yatra’ is to make this competitors successful by growing sports activities tradition within the state and rising the participation of ladies of the state within the subject of sports activities.” The Rajgir district administration will organise a perform to honour the members of the ‘Trophy Gaurav Yatra’.
Nitish Kumar has typically acquired criticism for “not doing sufficient to advertise sports activities” within the state. The state authorities has made it a matter of status to make sure the success of the occasion, mentioned the officers.
