Advisors to Governor, K Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and K Skandan today jointly inaugurated Gymnasium at Gindun Sports Complex at Rajbagh, here today. The advisors also witnessed Rugby matches being played for the first time under the newly installed flood lights in the Rugby Playground.
Secretary Youth Services & Sports Sarmad Hafeez, DeputyCommissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, SSP Srinagar Dr Haseeb Mughal,DG YS&S Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman, Secretary JK Sports Council Dr NaseemChoudhary, Cricketer Parvez Rasool, eminent citizens, officers from civil,police administration, officers from YS&S, JKSSC and sport lovers in largenumber were present on the occasion.
After inaugurating the gymnasium, the Advisors went aroundthe facility and interacted with the youth present there. It was informed tothe Advisors that modern fitness equipment worth Rs 20 lakh has been placed inthe gymnasium.
Later, the Advisors witnessed Rugby matches being played forthe first time under the newly installed flood lights at the playground. Twofriendly matches one each was played between girl and boy teams.
The match played between girls team
Rugby Scarlets and Rugby Hawks was won by later team and thematch between boys team was won by Brothers team defeating team Ruggers. TheAdvisors also interacted with the Rugby players who thanked the government forupgrading the facilities at the sports complex and installing lights to allowplay matches during the dark hours too.
It is important to mention here that the project for fencingand installation of flood lights for Rugby, Basket Ball and Lawn Tennisplayground at Gindun Sports Complex is completed at an estimated cost of Rs 75lakh by JK Sports Council.
On the occasion, the MIS/GIS and Mobile Application forJ&K State Sports Council was also inaugurated. The Software was developedalong with associated web/mobile applications to make sports council accessibleto everyone at click of a button.
MIS Module is meant for File Tracking, Profile data,Activity Tracking of 22 Districts from 55 recognized associations while as GISModule is for Geo tagging of JKSSC infrastructure and related information.
The android based Mobile Applications would be useful forNews, Player Grievances, Information help desk, Player Registrations, GroundBooking etc.
Secretary JKSSC informed the gathering that the system hascreated transparency, reduced communication gap within, outside theorganization and provides easy accessibility to all sports enthusiasts.
The Advisors appreciated the efforts of JKSSC for workinghard in upgrading the sports facilities in all the districts and providingplatform to the youth to hone their skills and bring laurels to the state.
Advisor Kumar asked Secretary JKSSC to closely monitor theother projects being initiated by them in the city as well as in other parts ofthe state so that same can be dedicated to the people especially youth foroptimal use.