Aamir to join Maharashtra s Mission Shakti for 2024 Paris Olympiad
Thursday - August 23, 2018 10:10 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Aamir to join Maharashtra s Mission Shakti for 2024 Paris Olympiad
Mumbai Aug 23 (IANS) Bollywood mega-star Aamir Khan will be part of Maharashtra Government s Mission Shakti initiative to groom sportspersons with medal-winning potential for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympiad a top official said here on Thursday.
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the actor has consented to support the patriotic initiative and will visit Tadoba Park in Chandrapur for a related programme soon.
Starting this year (2018) Mission Shakti will target sports like weight-lifting archery shooting swimming athletics volleyball and gymnastics with excellence in physical endurance fitness superior stamina and other features included in a rigorous selection test.
"Along with all necessary educational facilities the students from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli region will be provided training of international levels in these sports. Financial help will be sought from the corporate world for this initiative " Mungantiwar said.
For this sports complexes are coming up in all administrative blocks of these districts by December besides a special sports enclave in Ballarpur which Khan has decided to visit soon as part of the Mission Shakti programme.
Incidentally in the past couple of years the state had launched Mission Shaurya in which teenage tribal students including girls of ashram schools from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli had scaled Mt. Everest on May 16 2018 Mungantiwar said.
Given the resounding success of Mission Shaurya the minister expressed confidence that within the next six years this region of eastern Maharashtra will be in a position to produce athletes of Olympic class before the Paris Olympics in 2024 through Mission Shakti.
--IANS qn/gau/sed
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the actor has consented to support the patriotic initiative and will visit Tadoba Park in Chandrapur for a related programme soon.
Starting this year (2018) Mission Shakti will target sports like weight-lifting archery shooting swimming athletics volleyball and gymnastics with excellence in physical endurance fitness superior stamina and other features included in a rigorous selection test.
"Along with all necessary educational facilities the students from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli region will be provided training of international levels in these sports. Financial help will be sought from the corporate world for this initiative " Mungantiwar said.
For this sports complexes are coming up in all administrative blocks of these districts by December besides a special sports enclave in Ballarpur which Khan has decided to visit soon as part of the Mission Shakti programme.
Incidentally in the past couple of years the state had launched Mission Shaurya in which teenage tribal students including girls of ashram schools from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli had scaled Mt. Everest on May 16 2018 Mungantiwar said.
Given the resounding success of Mission Shaurya the minister expressed confidence that within the next six years this region of eastern Maharashtra will be in a position to produce athletes of Olympic class before the Paris Olympics in 2024 through Mission Shakti.
--IANS qn/gau/sed
