Khelo India centre to come up in Ponnampet: Minister
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Narayana Gowda asks officials to make use of funds set aside for youth activities for improving sports infrastructure in Kodagu
Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Planning K.C. Narayana Gowda on Thursday told his department officials to take up works for developing sporting facilities like stadiums from the funds set aside for annual youth activities which cannot be organised this year in the light of COVID-19 pandemic. The funds earmarked for the activities centred on youth can be made use for the development of sporting infrastructure in Kodagu, he suggested. Mr. Gowda said the Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel at Ponnampet in Kodagu has been chosen for Khelo India Centre for encouraging local sporting talents and training them.More Related News