CHHATTISGARH : Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will inaugurate Chhattisgarhia Olympics in RAIPUR today on 6th October at 12 noon at Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Budhapara. 14 types of traditional sports have been included in Chhattisgarhia Olympics. This competition of traditional sports will be held at 6 levels from village to state level. The program will be under the chairmanship of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Umesh Patel. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will inaugurate the Chhattisgarhia Olympics on October 6 at 12 noon at the Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Budhapara. The program will be chaired by Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Umesh Patel. 14 types of traditional sports have been included in Chhattisgarhia Olympics. This competition of traditional sports will be held at 6 levels from village to state level.
Chhattisgarhia Olympics will start from Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club level. After this, sports competitions will be organized at zone level, then development block, urban cluster level, district, division and finally state level. Everyone from young to old can participate in this competition. This competition will start from 6th October till 6th January 2023. There will be separate competitions for men and women as well as competitions at team and singles level. Traditional sports competitions will be held in two categories in Chhattisgarhia Olympics. With the organization of Chhattisgarhia Olympics, which was started on the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to give importance to the traditional sports of Chhattisgarh and to bring awareness about sports among the people, the sports of rural areas will now move out of the villages and reach the cities. In this, sports disciplines like party category Gilli Danda, Pittool, Sankhali, Langdi race, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, tug of war and Banti (Kancha) have been included. Whereas single category sports include Billas, Fugdi, Gedi race, Bhanvra, 100 meter race and long jump.
Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister T.S. at the inauguration ceremony at the Indoor Stadium in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. Singhdev, Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey, School Education Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam, Forest and Climate Change Minister Mohammad Akbar, Industry Minister Kawasi Lakhma, Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahria, Women and Child Development Minister Mati Anila Bhendia, Revenue Minister Minister Jaisingh Aggarwal, Public Health Engineering Minister Guru Rudrakumar, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Amarjeet Bhagat, Lok Sabha MP Sunil Soni, Parliamentary Secretary Parasnath Rajwade and Vikas Upadhyay along with MLAs Satyanarayan Sharma, Brijmohan Aggarwal, Kuldeep Juneja, Mayor Ejaz Dhebar, District Panchayat President Mati Domeshwari Verma and Chairman Chhattisgarh State Youth Commission Jitendra Mudaliar will be present as special guests.
