Greater than 800 contributors, together with 550 athletes and representatives throughout the nation, are collaborating on this mega occasion. Athletes and officers from completely different components of the nation are competing within the video games, which can proceed till March 12 as a part of the second part of the Khelo India Video games.
An athlete from Kerala mentioned, “I’ve participated in these video games in Norway, and it was nice there. However at the moment, Gulmarg, it doesn’t seem to be we’re behind anybody. We simply want to enhance the infrastructure a bit; we even have the aptitude to arrange worldwide video games right here.”
On the primary day, competitions in ski mountaineering, alpine snowboarding, snowboarding and 10 km and 5 km Nordic snowboarding are being held. There may be a number of enthusiasm among the many athletes from all around the nation.
Nuzhat Gull, Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Sports activities Council, mentioned, “There may be a number of enthusiasm and zeal among the many gamers, who’ve come from completely different states of the nation. Each preparation has been made for the comfort of those gamers. Together with snow snowboarding, snowboarding, and evening snowboarding, many occasions are being held. Many friends, together with LG Manoj Sinha, will probably be current.”
An evening snowboarding demonstration will even be held late at evening. Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha and Jammu and Kashmir Sports activities Minister Satish Sharma will probably be current on the event.
Multi-tier safety preparations have been made for the graceful conduct of the video games. The officer said that the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the CRPF, and different safety forces have been deployed in and round Gulmarg underneath a well-coordinated multi-tier safety plan.
Initially, the occasion was scheduled to be held from February 22 to 25 however was postponed as a consequence of inadequate snow in Gulmarg. The primary a part of Khelo India was held in Ladakh from January 23 to 27, that includes ice hockey and ice skating occasions.
