Sports Correspondent Ludhiana January 7 The Youth of Punjab campaign was launched during a function organised at Bachat Bhawan here today. The campaign was launched along with other schemes by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh through videoconferencing from Chandigarh. Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was the chief guest on the occasion. Sports kits to five youth clubs from urban areas of the district were handed over on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion Sukhwinder Singh Bindra Chairman Punjab Youth Development Board said a total of 2500 sports kits would be distributed during the campaign. “It would help promote health awareness and sports culture in the state besides motivating the youth to take an active part in sports thus enabling the state to regain its lost glory in the sports arena at the national and international events” he said. He expressed hope that this would help inculcate sportsmanship spirit amongst the youth especially those from rural areas as they had scant resources to equip themselves to excel in the field of sports. “It would keep the youth away from drugs and ensure constructive channelise their energy” Bindra exuded confidence. Another function would be held here on January 28 during which youth clubs of rural areas of Ludhiana would be covered he said. MLAs Surinder Dawar and Sanjay Talwar Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu PMIDB Chairman Amarjit Singh Tikka DCC Ludhiana (Urban) president Ashwani Sharma MC Councillors Sunny Bhalla and Harkaran Singh Vaid Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma MC Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal ADC (D) Sandeep Kumar MC Joint Commissioner Swati Tiwana Punjab Youth Development Board vice chairman Vikram Kamboj Nitin Tandon and SB Pandhi besides several others were also present on the occasion.

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