Sports meet organized by ABITA for tea estate adolescent boys in Dibrugarh

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DIBRUGARH: As a part of the adolescent empowerment programme initiated by the Assam Branch Indian Tea Association (ABITA), in support with UNICEF, a day-long sports meet was organized at Banipur general field, Dibrugarh on Wednesday. During the day, a friendly football match was organized where football teams from Basmatia, Singlijan, Azizbagh and Khowang Tea Estates were invited to join in the competition. The purpose of the sports meet was to develop and sustain active interest towards extra-curricular and athletic habits among the boys in tea estates. ABITA has been organizing sports workshops among the adolescent boy and girl group members in different tea estates, especially in football and karate, as part of the initiative.

Madhurjya Barooah, Secretary ABITA Zone 1, said that these workshops help a lot the adolescent group members to show their talent and promote sports as an extra-curricular activity among the adolescents. The winner of the day-long football competition was Khowang Tea Estate football team which defeated Basmatia Tea Estate Team in the final match. Barooah thanked all the adolescent players for the active participation in the matches. He also thanked UNICEF for continued support in organizing such events and also to Purbanchal Nabajyoti Club for providing handholding support to the event.

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