Punjab to establish six sports zones: Minister

Punjab Government would establish six sports zones in the state in order to strengthen sporting activities in all schools and encourage students to prepare themselves for national and international meets.
Stating this here today, Punjab Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka said the six zones would come up in Bathinda, Patiala, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Amritsar and Jalandhar, and plots had been identified for the purpose.
Each zone would be supervised by an organiser and the players would be provided residential accommodation and excellent coaching, according to an official release.
Maluka said overall facilities would be provided to promote and maintain standard of sports in all zones, and the organizers would personally monitor sporting activities to encourage the players to compete at higher levels.

The minister said the students would be encouraged to take part in individual events like athletics, boxing and wrestling, for which training camps would be organised from time to time.