Shillong, July 27: Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, on Wednesday felicitated the Sports Achievers 2017-2018 in different disciplines and also launched Cash Award Scheme for Sportspersons at a function held at U Soso Tham Auditorium, Shillong in the presence of Minister, Sports & Youth Affairs, Banteidor Lyngdoh and Commissioner, Sports & Youth Affairs, Dr Vijay Kumar and officials from the Sports department and Meghalaya State Olympic Association.
Happy that we are able to recognise our achievers & extend the cash awards to our sportspersons of the State who have brought laurels to Meghalaya. I encourage them to follow their passion & work hard so they can achieve greater success in the future@ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/cb8rgqKI2R
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) July 27, 2022
Addressing the gathering of athletes and sportspersons, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said that the felicitation program is a way of thanking the sportspersons for their achievements with whatever level of support that they received from different individuals or organizations or government.
“This is a token of appreciation for the hard work that has been put in by you and for the laurels and the different medals that you have won for yourself and the Association representing the state also,” he said. He added that the government understands the challenges faced by the sportspersons and also acknowledges the opportunities that are in Sports and the need to do more to be able to promote and give the opportunity to excel.
He also said that there are large policy matters that needs to be addressed and large areas of infrastructure requirements to be put in place. “I’m happy to inform you that the Sports Policy of the State government has tried to address all the concerns,” he added.
The Chief Minister also urged the young sportspersons to develop Sports culture and to imbibe the important values instilled by sports in one’s daily life.
The Chief Minister distributed cheques to a total of 231 sportspersons amounting to Rs 81,04,250 out of which 73 were for Olympic sports disciplines and 158 for Non-Olympic sports disciplines amounting to Rs 66,96,250.
