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Sports Minister Rijiju inaugurates SAI's new Regional Centre in Zirakpur

The virtual launch ceremony was attended by over 300 participants, including Punjab Sports Director DPS Kharbanda and SAI Director General Sandip Pradhan

Union SPorts Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurates the new SAI Regional Centre in Zirakpur via video conferencing on Monday. Twitter/@RijijuOffice

Mohali, November 2

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday virtually inaugurated Sports Authority of India's (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab, which will now act as one of the main SAI centres for North India.

During the event, the Sports Minister congratulated the coaches and athletes who would be training at the new centre.

"The northern belt of India covers a huge region, right from Jammu and Kashmir and Leh to Himachal Pradesh and we are doing a lot of development in this region with the aim of building world-class sporting facilities in India," Rijiju said in a statement.

The virtual launch ceremony was attended by over 300 participants, including Punjab Sports Director DPS Kharbanda, SAI Director General Sandip Pradhan, SAI Secretary Rohit Bhardwaj, various SAI regional directors, coaches and athletes, among others. PTI

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