Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 31: The holy Katra town, the base camp of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine has geared up itself to host the prestigious Santosh Trophy Football Tournament with a bang, which is starting from February 11, 2019.
Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Simrandeep Singh reviewed the arrangements and took stock of preparations in a meeting with all stakeholders comprising Trade, Tourism, Education and Sports.
Mr Singh held a meeting with a focus on increasing Tourism and Trade with the Pilgrimage of Mata Vaishno Devi and thereby the sports activity of the state. President Hotel and Restaurant Association, Katra and Co-Chairman PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu Region Rakesh Wazir, said the it was emphasized the meeting for maximum participation of stake holders from Trade, Tourism, Sports and education in the coming Santosh Trophy in which major Football players of National and International repute of the country coming from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, J&K will be participating and the matches would be played in the Katra Sports Stadium of the Shrine Board.
Jammu and Kashmir Football Association is hosting the tournament in collaboration with the J&K State Sports Council and SMVD Shrine Board under the aegis of All India Football Federation.
He said that this is for the first time that National Tournament of this level is being organized at Katra and in coming days more such leagues are planned and would open the horizon for other such Tournaments and since in addition to facilitation of sports.
The main object of this Tournament is to promote Tourism in the State and increase the Yatra of Vaishno Devi and sports activity in the state, as such emphasized for maximum active participation of all the stakeholders connected with Sports, Education and Trade and Tourism.
The opening ceremony of the Santosh Trophy will be held on February 11, which will conclude on Feb 16,? said Mr Wazir.
Mr. Wazir said that in the new scenario the horizon of Tourism too has increased and in present set up sports Tourism is one of the leading component which have promoted Tourism in a big way and its best example is our neighboring state Himachal Pradesh where Dharmshala has projected itself as the hub of sport activity and have contributed to the Tourism of that state in a big way and emphasized that since sports Stadium at Katra is one of the best stadiums of Country.
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