JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 01- MLA, Rajesh Gupta and BJP organizational secretary Ashok Koul today laid foundation stone for upgradation of Basket Ball Court at Mini Stadium Jammu.
The project being executed by Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council will be completed at an estimated cost of Rs 19 lakh.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajesh Gupta said that sports is an integral part of personality development and given the vast potential among youth and this facility will help in grooming budding sportsmen enabling them to compete at national and international levels. He further said Government intends to upgrade sports infrastructure with latest facilities in the state so that the sports skills of state’s youth are harnessed to the optimum. He informed that upgradation work of play field costing Rs. 42 lakh at Mini Stadium would be started at the earliest.
Among others, Joint Secretary J&K Sports Council Shiv Kumar Sharma, officers of Sports Council and a large number of sports persons besides local people were also present on the occasion.
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