Jaipur: India is all set to have their first ever Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Olympic Games and the Rajasthan government has sanctioned a huge sum of Rs. 40 crores for the tournament.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said over 30 lakh sports persons including men and women of all age groups have registered for ‘Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Olympic Games’ in 8-days of the season beginning on August 29 in villages in the state.
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List of games in tournament:-
The games of Kabaddi, Tennis Ball cricket, volleyball, hockey, shooting volleyball, and Kho-Kho will be organized at Gram Panchayat, Block, District, and State level in Rajasthan for the first time, Gehlot said while releasing the Logo at the stadium here last night.
Ashok Gehlot said, “about two lakh teams have been set up and the games would be held as per the standard norms to not only boost the young and senior players but also drive them for a better career in the sports field.”
“An atmosphere and culture of sports would be developed right from villages,” he added.
Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games is on the way to set a world record for the biggest Khel Mahakumbh after independence.
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30 Lakh Participants
International gold-medalist, discus thrower, and President of the Sports Council Krishna Poonia said that the event is already garnering a massive response from rural areas of the state. The event is open to all age groups and around 29.14 lakh people have registered to participate. Out of the 29.14 lakh, 11.63 lakh people have opted to play Kabaddi, while registrations for Cricket are just 6.88 lakh.
A total of two lakh teams have already been formed, out of which the maximum 85,000 are of Kabaddi. What is interesting is that the craze for this ‘Desi’ game is not limited to men only. Around 2.50 lakh women have also registered to play Kabaddi, while only 40,000 have opted to play Cricket.
The sporting event will start from the Gram Panchayat level and the winning teams will be promoted to the state level.
