: Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday hailed the sports activities coverage of the Central and Haryana governments, encouraging folks to undertake sports activities to stay a wholesome life.

The governor was attending the thirty third National Sports Festival organised by Vidya Bharti All India Educational Institute in Kurukshetra.

He mentioned that Haryana has emerged as a sports activities hub because of the sports activities coverage of the Central and the state governments. He mentioned that below the brand new sports activities coverage, the Haryana authorities has given ₹ 100 crore as money prize to sports activities gamers in a 12 months.

A provision of ₹ 600 crore has been made for the sports activities division within the state finances and an quantity of ₹ 526 crore was spent on sports activities amenities within the state, he mentioned.

The governor mentioned that 550 new posts have been created for the youth within the division, whereas 190 sportspersons have been given jobs, he mentioned.