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MANGALDAI: The LAC-level competitions of different sports events, under the second phase of ‘Khel Maharon’ at Mangaldai, have ceremonially begun at two venues - Mangaldai Government HS School playground and the stadium at Sonali Pam here.
Mangaldai Legislator Basanta Das and Darrang District Commissioner Parag Kumar Kakaty jointly kicked off the two day competitions in the inaugural function organized at the Mangaldai Government HS School playground on Friday in presence of a large number of enthusiastic participants, prominent sports persons, and others.
The organizers offered felicitation to veteran sportsman Biren Medhi, Gobinda Baglary, and Sports Journalist Abdul Khalek in the inaugural function. Nearly four thousand young sportspersons, both male and female, above and below seventeen years of age from 24 GPs and two urban local bodies under Mangaldai LAC took part in various events including athletics, football, kabaddi, cycling, chess, etc.
On the other hand in Sipajhar LAC, where it had earlier started on Wednesday, the event was to end late evening today following the final match of football played at the Satkholi Rural Sports Ground under the floodlights.
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