A.P. Chief Minister inaugurates Aadudam Andhra sports festival
The Hindu
Inaugurating the 47-day Aadudam Andhra sports festival, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy encourages youth to adopt active physical lifestyle & take up outdoor sports.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy declared open the 47-day sports festival Aadudam Andhra that would be held across the State till February 10, 2024.
As part of the inauguration, the Chief Minister handed over the ceremonial torch to the players who went round the ground amidst cheers from spectators. After releasing balloons into the air, Mr. Jagan administered an oath of sportsmanship to players and handed over sports kits to them.
Inaugurating the sports festival at the Loyola Public School grounds at Nallapadu in Guntur district on Tuesday, Mr. Jagan said that the sports festival would go down as a milestone in the history of Andhra Pradesh.
“The government is organising the sports festival with two objectives in mind. Firstly, it is meant to serve as a massive fitness exercise for the youth and help them maintain good physical health. Secondly, it would also help the government identify youth with potential so that further steps can be taken to encourage them,” the Chief Minister said.
Throughout the festival, which would be held at over 9,000 school, college, university and SAAP (Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh) playgrounds, an awareness campaign would be launched on the benefit of adopting an active physical lifestyle and taking up an outdoor sport in order to ensure good health.
The annual event would be held in December every year, and sports competitions would be held at the village, mandal, district, constituency and State-level. Players from professional teams like Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as well as from bodies like Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) have come forward to watch the cricket matches, and scout for talented youth and train and encourage them further.
International players Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu have come forward to help identify talented youth in badminton while Prime Volleyball and Pro Kabaddi have also evinced interest in scouting for talent in their respective fields, the Chief Minister noted.
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