Punjab government to open 260 Sports Nurseries in first phase: Meet Hayer

Out of the 1000 sports nurseries to be established by the Punjab Government under the new sports policy, 260 nurseries are being set up in the first phase for which applications have been invited for the recruitment of sports supervisors and coaches by March 10.

Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that to create a sports culture in Punjab and build a structure for sportsmen at the village level under the new sports policy made on the guidelines of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, a Sports Nursery is being built in every 4-5 km radius.

The Sports Minister said that earlier it was proposed to open 205 nurseries in the first phase, regarding which an advertisement was also given for recruitment. After this, several players and related persons approached and demanded to open more nurseries. Apart from this, there was a strong demand to include games which were not included in the first phase. He said that appreciating the sentiments of the people, now the sports department is going to open 260 Sports Nurseries in the first phase of the session of 2024-25, for which the details have been put on the department’s website www.pbsports.punjab.gov.in by issuing a revised advertisement.