CHANDIGARH: The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 will be organised in Haryana from June 4 to June 13, 2022. Apart from Panchkula, the games would be held at Shahbad, Ambala, Chandigarh and Delhi. Around 8,500 players would be participating in this two-week event that will have five sports of Indian origin of the 25 sports in the under-18 age group.
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar shared detailed information regarding the event with the Union sports minister, Anurag Thakur through video conference during the meeting of Organizing and Co-ordination Committee of Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
The CM said that on May 8, a mascot and logo of Khelo India Youth Games would be launched at Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula. For this, extensive preparations have been made. He said that multipurpose halls, synthetic track, athletic track have been constructed for sports.
Besides this, the work of auditorium in Badminton Hall, Government Women's College, Sector 14, Panchkula has also been completed. He said that the construction work of Hockey Stadium Panchkula and Shahbad has also been almost completed. Also, an all-weather swimming pool has been completed in Ambala.
Team of young officers will be deployed for organizing the games
The CM said that a full team of young officers had been deployed for organizing these games and they would closely monitor every competition venue so that the players would not face any problems. In these games, complete arrangements for cleanliness will be done while taking forward the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Sports competitions will be filled with Haryanvi culture
The CM said that cultural programmes depicting Haryanvi culture would be organised in these games and during Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the tales of innumerable heroes of freedom struggle and introduction of excellent players of the state would be displayed through an exhibition so that the young generation could take inspiration from them. He said that a promotion event programme for the games would be organised in Gurugram on May 13.
Sports Department Director, Pankaj Nain apprised about the preparations being made for Khelo India Youth Games through a presentation.
