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Udupi Oct 25 : The Udupi district stadium will soon be upgraded at a cost of Rs two crore, informed State Minister for Sports and Youth Empowerment K Abhayachandra Jain.

He was speaking after hoisting the flag of state-level women’s sports tournament 2014-15 at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium on Wednesday, October 22.The tournament is conducted under the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan scheme (RGKA) by Zilla Panchayat, Department of Sports and Youth Empowerment, Udupi, Karnataka Sports Authority and RGKA mission, New Delhi.

“State sports person Poovamma who got a medal in the recently concluded Asian sports meet at South Korea is awarded Rs 25 lacs by the state government. Vikas Gowda is also awarded with Rs 25 lacs. The state government is encouraging sports persons in the state”, he added.

“A well equipped swimming pool is being built at Udupi and Rs 20 lacs will be released for swimming pool in Karkala”, he informed.

“Qualified persons in physical education alone will be appointed in different posts to encourage sports in the district. Good nutritious food will be provided at all the residential sports schools. A national level inter university sports meet will be held at Swaraj maidan in January 2015 and a national level Rajiv Gandhi Sports campaign will be held at Udupi from December 15 to December 20, 2014”, he said.

District-in-charge minister Vinay Kumar Sorake inaugurated the competition and said that sports persons in the state should be provided as much support as provided by other states.

International sports person Apsara Rohith Kateel inaugurated the sports meet. MLA Pramod Madhwaraj presided over the programme. Corporation president P Yuvaraj, Zilla panchayat member Diwaker Kunder, Deputy Commissioner S S Pattana Shetty, Police Commissioner P Rajendra Prasad, zilla panchayat chief executive M Kanagavalli, additional deputy commissioner Kumar, transport official Arun Kumar Singh among others were present on the occasion.

Youth empowerment and sports department assistant director Dr Roshan Kumar Shetty welcomed. Sathish Chitrapadi compered the programme.