ITANAGAR, May 11:Parliamentary Secretary, Sports & Youth Affairs, Nyamar Karbak called on Governor PB Acharya at Raj Bhavan today and briefed the Governor on the ensuing Hangpan Dada Memorial Football and Volley Trophy.
As an encouragement towards sporting activities, the Governor has initiated Governor’s award for excellence in games and sports. An amount of Rs. 1 lakh will be kept in the fixed deposit from Governor’s Discretionary Grant as corpus fund for the purpose. The interest accrued each year will be used for the awards, which will be in kind. There will be three awards each for men and women. A certificate for each award winner will be given from Raj Bhavan.
The Governor appreciated the endeavour of the department of Sports and Youth Affairs and Karbak for organising the Hangpan Dada Memorial Football and Volley Trophy tournament.
Regretting his inability to participate in the proposed mega event of the tournament on May 16 next due to prior engagements, the Governor has conveyed his good wishes to the organizers and participants for the success of the tournament.
Earlier, the Parliamentary Secretary informed that after renaming the Chief Minister’s Trophy (Football and Volley) as Hangpan Dada Memorial Football and Volley Trophy, the department of Sports and Youth Affairs is conducting the tournament across the State starting from the Block level to the District level. More than one lakh youths across the State have been participating in the tournament.