Jagan launches 47-day sports extravaganza across AP

Nallapadu (Guntur Dist): With a view to promoting sports in a big way with elections a few months away, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday declared open the 47-day sports festival Aadudam Andhra being held across Andhra Pradesh till February 10, 2024.

As part of the inauguration, he handed over the Aadudam Andhra torch to the players who went round the ground amidst cheers by the spectators. After releasing balloons into the air, he also administered the oath to players and handed over sports kits.

Inaugurating the sports festival at the Loyola Public School grounds here, the Chief Minister said that the government has decided to organise Aadudam Andhra with two electives in mind and it will become yet another milestone in the State history.

While the first objective is that it will serve as a massive fitness exercise for the youth and help them maintain good physical fitness, it will also help the government identify talented youth to take further steps to encourage them.

Throughout the festival which will be held in more than 9,000 school, college, university and SAAP (Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh) playgrounds, an awareness campaign is being launched on the necessity of physical exercises that could help control blood pressure and sugar levels, he said.

The event will be an annual event in December, the Chief Minister said, and added that sports competitions will be held at the village, mandal, district, constituency and State levels.