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Moved by swimmers’ Jal Satyagrah, SAI to train Chhattisgarh kids

| Saturday | 25th November, 2017

The team would reach on November 27 and 15 students would be chosen for first batch and all expenses would be born by SAI an officer in sports department said. Jansunwai Foundation (JSA), a national NGO had written to Prime Minister and SAI raising concern about the future of over hundred children and their passion of swimming which was on stake.Sanjay Mishra of JSA said that children were excited about the new move and their protest bore results. Swimmers developed skin infections and most of them withdrew their names from national competitions.State Department of Sports had written to collector to ensure there was no sewerage water passed into lake and that swimmers should be encouraged to go for trial at Sports Academy.Later, SAI took cognizance of the issue and wrote to sports department that chidlren won't have to practice in lake anymore and a team of officials would be on visit to Durg and would select students to provide them better swimming training in Sports Academy and their basic needs would also be taken care of. RAIPUR: Taking cognizance of the recent seven-day long 'Jal Satyagrah' held by nearly 50 national level swimmers in Durg district to clean lake, a team of Sports Authority of India (SAI) would visit Purai village on November 27 and select first batch of 15 swimmers and provide them quality training at Sports Training Academy under expert coaches.Famously known as 'Khelgaon' Purai village has many state and national level swimmers who used to practice at its lake and won medals, but increasing pollution in lake had refrained them from practising against which they raised voice to clean it.TOI had highlighted plight of swimmers who held a week long Jal Satyagrah as the only lake they depended upon for practice was being polluted every passing day with sewerage and animal waste.

RAIPUR: Taking cognizance of the recent seven-day long 'Jal Satyagrah' held by nearly 50 national level swimmers in Durg district to clean lake, a team of Sports Authority of India (SAI) would visit Purai village on November 27 and select first batch of 15 swimmers and provide them quality training at Sports Training Academy under expert coaches.Famously known as 'Khelgaon' Purai village has many state and national level swimmers who used to practice at its lake and won medals, but increasing pollution in lake had refrained them from practising against which they raised voice to clean it.TOI had highlighted plight of swimmers who held a week long Jal Satyagrah as the only lake they depended upon for practice was being polluted every passing day with sewerage and animal waste. Swimmers developed skin infections and most of them withdrew their names from national competitions.State Department of Sports had written to collector to ensure there was no sewerage water passed into lake and that swimmers should be encouraged to go for trial at Sports Academy.Later, SAI took cognizance of the issue and wrote to sports department that chidlren won't have to practice in lake anymore and a team of officials would be on visit to Durg and would select students to provide them better swimming training in Sports Academy and their basic needs would also be taken care of. The team would reach on November 27 and 15 students would be chosen for first batch and all expenses would be born by SAI an officer in sports department said. Jansunwai Foundation (JSA), a national NGO had written to Prime Minister and SAI raising concern about the future of over hundred children and their passion of swimming which was on stake.Sanjay Mishra of JSA said that children were excited about the new move and their protest bore results.

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