Jashpur
Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai today attended the closing ceremony of the 33rd Open Challenge Trophy football competition organized at the Mini Stadium of Gram Panchayat Bagbahar, Tehsil Pathalgaon. Chief Minister F. Also enjoyed the final match being played between C. Makarchunwa, Tehsil Pathalgaon and Gond Brothers Kinjirkela Orissa. The Chief Minister encouraged the players by kicking a football in the mini stadium.
On this occasion, Chief Minister Sai also announced to upgrade the 10 bed hospital of Primary Health Center Bagbahar to 30 beds. Along with this, he also announced the beautification of the pond near Shiv Mandir of Bagbahar, construction of rest house, installation of hi masks in Bagbahar Chowk and intersections, beautification work of Mini Stadium and equipping it with other facilities including adequate arrangement of lighting and opening of Apex Bank in Kotba. Announced. Addressing the closing ceremony, Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai congratulated and congratulated the organizers and players for the successful organization of this competition and said that the competition has been successfully organized for the last 33 years. It also shows people’s passion for sports and the hard work of the sports committee.
He said that he has been participating in this competition before also. It is a matter of happiness for him that as today’s Chief Minister, he has got a chance to attend the closing ceremony today. The Chief Minister said that our government is committed to the development of sports in the state and promoting talented players. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started Khelo India to promote sports. Due to this, many talented players are emerging in India.
Recently, we have organized Bastar Olympics with the aim of connecting the young talents of Bastar with the mainstream of sports and development. More than one lakh 65 thousand people have registered themselves in this sports competition. In which men and women are participating with great enthusiasm. He said that the state government has announced a prize money of Rs 3 crore to the players of Chhattisgarh who win gold medal in the Olympic Games, Rs 2 crore to the players who win silver medal and Rs 1 crore to the players who win bronze medal. The Chief Minister said that recently I spoke on phone to mountaineer Nisha Yadav from Bilaspur. She told me that she wanted to hoist the tricolor on Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. I presented him a check of Rs 3 lakh 45 thousand, so that he could fulfill his dream. Similarly, I also spoke on phone to badminton player Ritika Dhruv, daughter of a poor family of Dhamtari, and took the responsibility of providing full help from the government.
Chief Minister announced
1. Announced beautification of the pond near Shiv temple in Bagbahar
2. Announced to build rest house in Bagbahar
3. Announced to install high mask lights at the intersections of Baghbahar.
4. Lighting and beautification measures announced for playing football in mini stadium
5. Announced 30 bends in the primary health center of Bagbahar
6. Announced to create Apex Bank in Kotba
On this occasion, Vice President of Surguja Area Development Authority and Pathalgaon MLA Mrs. Gomti Sai said that the Chhattisgarh Government and the Chief Minister are speeding up the development works for the development of Pathalgaon and the guarantees given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are being fulfilled. . MLA Jashpur Raimuni Bhagat said that the Chhattisgarh government is providing benefits of various schemes to the people. Through Mahtari Vandan Yojana, the government is making efforts to empower every woman of the state.
Gond Brothers Kinjirkela of Orissa won the tournament
The competition started on 23 October. 600 players and coaches from 36 teams from Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand participated in this competition that lasted for a month. Today, the final match between Gond Brothers Kinjirkela of Orissa and Makarchuan teams of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh was exciting. The match ended in a tie with 3-3 goals between both the teams. Where the match was decided through penalty shootout. In which Gond Brothers Kinjirkela of Orissa won 4-2 in penalty shootout. Man of the Series was awarded to Sakti, player of Gond Brothers Kinjirkela, Odisha, Best Goalkeeper Akash Oraon and Best Defender was awarded to Aniket of Makarchuan.
On this occasion, District Panchayat President Smt. Shanti Bhagat, Jashpur Municipality President Radheshyam Ram, District Panchayat Vice President Upendra Yadav, Rampratap Singh, Krishna Kumar Rai, Collector Rohit Vyas, Superintendent of Police Shashi Mohan Singh, Shaurya Pratap Singh Judev, Sunil Gupta, Mamta Kashyap, Anoop Gupta, 33rd Open Challenge Trophy Football Committee Chairman Ravi Parha, local public representatives, including a large number of sports lovers were present. are.