Amritsar, January 24, 2021 - The Junior League U-16 cricket tournament kicked off on Saturday. The tourney was inaugurated by Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu and Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira.
The Mayor announced Rs 1 crore for the Amritsar Games Association to develop a cricket ground. He said Rs 50 lakh would be provided in the first phase to initiate the development works and Rs 50 lakh would be given in the second phase.
Rintu said it was a commendable effort of the the Amritsar Games Association to encourage youth towards sports.
He said the Municipal Corporation would also deploy permanent safai sewaks to clean and maintain the cricket ground. He added that two workers would clean the ground daily until the cricket tournament concludes.
The Mayor encouraged the players to take part in sports as well as for the welfare of society.
Organisers of tournament honoured the Mayor with a badge of honour and a shawl. He was accompanied by ADC Himanshu Aggarwal and Senior Deputy Mayor Raman Kumar Bakshi, among others.
Commentators, including Vivek Kumar, Avnish Kumar and Rajan Trikha, were also present on the occasion.