Visits Namdhari Sect head, seeks Satguru Uday Singh’s blessings for development of Punjab
Bhaini Sahib (Ludhiana), November 20
In order to promote sports in Punjab especially in the rural hinterland, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday announced to construct sports grounds on Bhaini Sahib sports model in block and district level.
On his first visit to Shri Bhaini Sahib in the district today, Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi accompanied by Namdhari Sect Chief Satguru Uday Singh, Former PPCC Chief HS Hanspal, Samrala MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon, Sultanpur Lodhi MLA Navtej Singh Cheema, MLA Gill and Chairman Punjab State Warehouse Corporation Kuldeep Singh Vaid, inspected the AstroTurf at Shri Bhaini Sahib and said that Punjab Government would replicate this cost-effective and feasible model of the Astroturfs and grounds in the entire state.
Reiterating his government’s commitment to provide the state-of-the-art sports infrastructure to the players, Chief Minister said that such model sports grounds would enable the players to further excel in world class tournaments like Olympics and others.
He added the officials would soon chalk out a blueprint for developing such AstroTurfs and football grounds in consultation with the management of Sri Bhaini Sahib so that the players can practice in a professional manner as per world class standards and assured that there would be no dearth of funds for this purpose. He said that the Punjab government is working wholeheartedly to promote sports amongst the Punjabi youth and day is not far when Punjab would lead the state in sending maximum number of players for prestigious world level sports events.
Earlier, the Chief Minister sought blessings from Satguru Uday Singh for ensuring holistic development of Punjab and prosperity of its people.
Meanwhile, Satguru Uday Singh, who is also head of the Task Force of Rs 650-crore Buddha Nullah Rejuvenation project, discussed the project with Charanjit Singh Channi on which Chief Minister said that whatever he would ask, would be done instantly.
Prominent among present on the occasion including Senior Congress leaders Satwinder Kaur Bitti, Vikram Singh Bajwa, Gurdeep Singh Sarpanch, Karanveer Singh Dhillon, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, Additional Principal Secretary to CM Jitendra Jorwal, SDM Dr Vineet Kumar and others.
