PERNEM: Sports Minister Govind Gaude along with other officials announced that a special committee consisting of the local MLA, panchayat members, sports administrators and locals will be formed to oversee and to give advice in discovering new talents from remote villages.
He also assured that the government sports complex which is used by a company will be vacated immediately and made available to the locals to use.
On Tuesday, Gaude along with Pernem MLA Pravin Arlekar, panchayat members and other officials inspected the works at Korgao sports complex. During his visit, the minister spoke about the complex, which is ready to be used and stated that most of the raw talent comes from the village areas.
“We have decided that every complex will consist of a special committee comprising the local MLA, sarpanch, sports authorities and the locals wherein advice and suggestion will be taken to maintain the ground. Not only the ground, but the committee will be responsible in spotting new talent. The main aim of this committee is to make sure that more and more players are spotted,” the minister added.
He highlighted that in order to build and nourish more players, suggestions for new coaches, sports equipment and other necessary facilities will also be taken from this committee.
In the coming two months, the ground will be fully completed. The sarpanch expressed her contentment stating that many people were eagerly waiting for this ground’s completion and within a few weeks, the locals will be able to access this facility to the fullest.
Also, the sports minister has assured that the Pernem sports ground which was given on rent by the government to the company to utilise, will be immediately vacated.
He further said that a letter has already been submitted to the company to evacuate from the area within six months of the given time period.
