Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, inaugurated the Chief Minister’s invitational football tournament at Girls High school field Garhwa. The tournament is organized by the Department of Tourism, Art Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs for promotion of sports among the youths. Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Deputy Development Commissioner Satyendra Narayan Upadhyay and Sub-Divisional Officer Sadar Raj Maheshwaram were also present on the occasion. The tournament will continue till December 15. On the occasion, the Minister said the government is organizing the tournament to promote sports- talents and giving a better platform to the players in rural areas.
He said that Chief Minister also makes constant efforts in taking forward the game and the players. Continuous work is being done on how to take all sports including football to the highest level in Jharkhand.
Even after the formation of Jharkhand, the sports which could not be organized in this state, after Covid, the enthusiasm of the players is being increased by organizing them. He told that Chief Minister has taken many steps to encourage the players.