SHRI GOEL EXHORTS SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA TO EXPAND ITS AREAS
OF FUNCTIONING
Shri Vijay Goel,
Minister of State, Youth Affairs and Sports, today visited Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium and held discussions with the senior officials there.
Shri Goel suggested
that a road map to open new centres of Sports Authority of India
(SAI) should be drawn and prioritized. For this, the actual requirements,
availability of the sports persons and willingness of the State
to provide land and seed-money should be taken into account. Similarly,
a list of Priority Sports for India should be re-drawn, keeping
in view the achievements of the Indian Sports persons in recent
years in international competitions, popularity of the game especially
in the rural areas and the cost involved in popularizing a sport.
He reiterated that efforts should be made to popularize and provide
necessary facilities to indigenous sports also.
Shri Goel focussed
on the changed dimension of sports and said that SAI should publish
white papers on sports related issues like sports science, doping
etc. He also stressed the need of talent search to enable young
sport persons to take up sports as a profession. He advocated
the participation of private sector in talent hunt to make available
best sport persons for the country at a relatively younger age.
Shri Goel desired
that the maintenance of stadia, both inside and outside should
be done in a better manner. He complimented SAI for the services
rendered by them in preparing many outstanding sports persons,
for providing international level of coaching, in talent hunt
and also for promoting the culture of sports in the country. He
felt that its contributions and facilities should be made known
more publicly.
Shri Goel directed
officials to streamline the training facilities for the young
players and make available all modern training equipment, especially,
in the interiors of the country. He exhorted the SAI officials
for ‘preventive maintenance’ of the buildings and better utilisation
of the covered and uncovered spaces for furtherance of sporting
activities.
