*Indoor Sports Stadium to come up soon at Billawar: DyCM
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATHUA, May 20: Ravi Terriers (Territorial Army) Sujanpur of Punjab lifted the Hiranagar Gold Cup Football Tournament outplaying Param Football Club by maiden goal in the final match that concluded at the Sports Stadium, Hiranagar today.
The event was organized by Hiranagar Football Club in association with Shakti Punj, an NGO. In all 12 teams took part in the tournament.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh was the chief guest on the occasion while MLA Hiranagar, Kuldeep Raj, vice president, J&K Football Association, Dr Nirmolak Singh and members of Shakti Punj were also present during the final match of the tournament.
Highlighting the role of sports in overall development of an individual, the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, said that several measures have been taken by the Government to augment and upgrade the sports infrastructure in the State, adding to give the sports activities a fillip, an Indoor Sports Stadium is coming up at Billawar, which would be having all the requisite and modern facilities.
While highlighting the role of youth in nation building, Dr Singh said that they should channelize their energies and activities towards making India a global power as they constitute a major chunk of the population. He said that our thinkers and philosophers like Swami Vivekananda also projected the importance of youth in making India a strong and prosperous country and had urged them to come forward and contribute their bit.
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