Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 7

After the UT Sports Department allowed native tennis and cricket associations to run their operations from government-owned stadiums (on lease or on by paying month-to-month hire), different sports activities associations have additionally demanded an analogous association.

During a gathering of the standing committee of Administrator’s Advisory Council of Sports right here right this moment, representatives of 21 native associations demanded that they be supplied with an workplace for finishing up their day-to-day official actions.

The assembly was held underneath the chairmanship of Sanjay Tandon within the presence of Sorabh Kumar Arora, Director, Sports; Dr Sunil Rayat, Joint Director, Sports; and Col Irshad Khan. The representatives demanded engagement of extra coaches within the division, newest sports activities gear and augmented and enchancment of the sports activities infrastructure.

Arora mentioned the method had already been initiated by the division to interact/recruit extra coaches. He additionally apprised that the requirement of apparatus for numerous sports activities had been fulfilled and orders relating to others had already been positioned. He mentioned the development of a billiards and snooker and pool corridor on the Sports Complex, Sector 42, and 400-metre 8-lane artificial athletic monitor had been nearing completion. Tandon welcomed the ideas.

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