SRINAGAR- Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, on Wednesday night inaugurated the floodlights installed in J&K Sports Council Cricket Academy ground at TRC, Srinagar.
The lights are part of the programme aimed at making sports fields operational for extended duration of time.
Secretary Tourism and Youth Services and Sports, Sarmad Hafeez, DG Budget J&K, Mohammad Yaqoob Ittoo, Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull along with other senior officers from J&K police and other departments including J&K Sports Council were present on the occasion.
CS was apprised that these recently installed lights in the premises was a long pending demand of cricketers and it is hoped that with this vital service budding cricketers of the area would be benefitted to a great extent.
CS was further informed that other modern facilities and equipments shall be added in this cricket academy centre in the days to come so as to ensure facilities to our cricketers at par with the players from other parts of the country.
Dr Mehta had an extensive round of the entire complex which houses cricket and football academy centres. He assessed the infrastructural and other facilities being made available to players there.
Meanwhile, a friendly T-20 match organized by J&K Sports Council was also played on the occasion between Chief Secretary XI comprising cricketers from various government departments and Dalgate XI comprising cricketers from the adjoining areas of TRC cricket academy ground. The Dalgate XI team won the match.
DG Budget distributed prizes and mementos among the winning and participating teams.
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