CM Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of Bhogeswar Barua Sports School

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of Bhogeswar Baruah State Sports School at Sarusajai Sports Complex here today. The School which is the first of its kind in the state will be built at a sprawling 20 bigha of land where theoretical and practical coaching will be provided at six prescribed disciplines namely athletics, boxing, football, weightlifting, archery and taekwondo.

In the same programme, Chief Minister Sonowal also distributed Chief Minister’s Sports Award, 2019 to sixteen promising sports persons of the state who have earned distinction in their sporting disciplines. The award carries cash worth Rs. 1.5 lakh and a citation. He also felicitated eleven sports persons of the state who have won medals in ‘Khelo India Youth Games’.

Chief Minister Sonowal also handed over Best Sports organizer award to Jayanta Bodo.

Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said that sports is a tool through which peace can be brought in the society. Considering the immense potential of sports, Sonowal announced that the government would formulate a policy to integrate it with culture and education so that sports persons pursuing training are not deprived of academic and moral values.

He also said that to develop quality in the sporting ambience in the state, Assam Government has decided to set up Sports University at Chabua in Dibrugarh district, Sports College in Kokrajhar and Sports School in Guwahati so that the vast sporting talents of the state could be properly nurtured.

Coinciding the programme, Chief Minister Sonowal also handed over a cheque of Rs. 3 lakh from Assam Sports Development Fund to the family members of mountaineer Tarun Saikia for his better treatment who has been suffering from acute problems in kidneys.

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