{"id":91872,"date":"2020-01-30T02:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T20:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=91872"},"modified":"2020-01-30T02:12:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T20:42:23","slug":"rijiju-dismayed-at-states-inability-to-send-sportspersons-to-asian-games-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/01\/30\/rijiju-dismayed-at-states-inability-to-send-sportspersons-to-asian-games-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rijiju dismayed at state&#8217;s inability to send sportspersons to Asian Games, Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>ROING, Jan 29:<\/strong> Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju expressed dismay over the &#8220;inability of the state to send talented sportsper-sons to the Asian Games and Olympics till date.&#8221;<br \/>\nInaugurating a youth hostel at Ezengo in Lower Dibang Valley district on Wednesday, Rijiju cited lack of good sports infrastructure as the cause for such inability.<br \/>\nSpeaking on the promotion of sports in the state, he said &#8220;a lot of facilities to encourage sports are being provided so that our children are not deprived of sports facilities.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe was hopeful that with the coming up of a &#8216;Centre of Excellence for sports&#8217; at Itanagar, Arunachal would be well represented in various national and international sports events.<br \/>\nThe Union minister also emphasised on the need for timely utilization of central funds. Speaking on central government funded infrastructure development projects in the state, Rijiju said, &#8220;Lack of utilization of funds leads to project cancellations, which in turn hampers development and leads to the suffering of the public.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe enjoined all to ensure that no scheme is delayed due to litigation.<br \/>\nDedicating the youth hostel to the people, Rijiju advised the good upkeep of the property to make it a model youth hostel. He advised all the students to look ahead towards the future with positive mind.<br \/>\nRijiju also advocated the setting up of industries to utilise abundant natural resources &#8220;which would solve unemployment problems of the state.&#8221; At the same time, he stressed on the need for preservation and protection of environment and traditions.<br \/>\nState&#8217;s Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mama Natung added that &#8216;Team Arunachal&#8217; is determined to create good sports infrastructure and bring forward talented sportsmen of the state.<br \/>\nMLA Mutchu Mithi and Deputy Commissioner Mitali Namchoom also spoke. The dignitaries present also unveiled a calendar sponsored under the &#8216;Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao&#8217; campaign.<br \/>\nMP Mukut Mithi, Sports Secretary Ameya Abhyankar and Sports Director Ramesh Linggi, among others, were present in the inaugural function. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROING, Jan 29: Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju expressed dismay over the &#8220;inability of the state to send talented sportsper-sons to the Asian Games and Olympics till date.&#8221; Inaugurating a youth hostel at Ezengo in Lower Dibang Valley district on Wednesday, Rijiju cited lack of good sports infrastructure as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}