India’s Olympic medal-winning hockey participant Lalit Upadhyay, whereas attending Sportstar North Sports activities Conclave in Lucknow on Thursday, stated the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s initiative in insuring the lifetime of athletes ‘has touched his coronary heart’.
The striker has additionally stated that the present authorities has uplifted the sports activities infrastructure within the state, and athletes are getting monetary rewards and jobs like by no means earlier than.
Excerpts from the ahead on the Conclave:
'UP at par with Punjab, Haryana'
“Improvement occurred beforehand additionally, however its progress was gradual. I'm not saying this to please anyone. The huge improvement work for sports activities that the present authorities has undertaken is clear within the variety of medals UP athletes received. UP sports activities division and sports activities ministry have been doing nice work for the progress of sports activities. Earlier, when it got here to jobs and cash for athletes, we used to present examples of Punjab and Haryana. Now, UP is in the identical league,” Lalit stated.
“After profitable medals (within the Olympics and Commonwealth Video games), our athletes acquired big money rewards which I really feel are a lot greater than every other states in India. It has by no means occurred earlier than in historical past. Now, I urge folks to study from UP.”
Infrastructure increase for UP
“Now we have sports activities norms, which suggests sports activities are actually a part of the federal government’s core coverage. The federal government can also be uplifting the sports activities infrastructure within the state.
A sports activities college is being arrange in Meerut, and a brand new cricket stadium is developing in Varanasi, so what ought to I ask for extra?
I have to let you know that now gamers have entry to trendy amenities that we lacked earlier,” he added.
'Sports activities amenities have to be made obtainable in colleges'
Lalit additionally added that sports activities amenities should be made obtainable in colleges. in order that “college students, who will not be good at research, can not less than pursue sports activities”. “Mother and father ship their youngsters to highschool for mid-day meals. Now, for those who get meals for taking part in hockey, then you'll get extra medals from UP,” he stated.
Insurance coverage for athletes
“I have to let you know that UP athletes received the utmost variety of medals on the Commonwealth Video games for India this yr. What extra particular is we additionally received a hockey medal after 40 years (within the Olympics in Tokyo). One other factor, the federal government can also be insuring the lifetime of athletes in order that if anyone suffers any damage can avail of the therapy from the insurance coverage. This initiative has touched my coronary heart. I thank the federal government for taking these initiatives for athletes,” he stated.
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