Itanagar, Apr 27 : The Arunachal Olympic Association (AOA) today urged the state government to give more stress on development of sports in Arunachal Pradesh and demanded that annual budgetary allocation for Sports and Youth Affairs department be hiked.
Claiming that the state government was not showing 'enough interest' to the sports and youth sector, the association pleaded the government to take a lesson from the governments of other Northeast states-- Mizoram and Nagaland-- saying their annual budgetary allocation in the sector was not below Rs 15-16 crore.
In a press statement issued here, the AOA claimed that the annual fund allocation for the department amounting to not even Rs 2 crore was very dismal, citing that its annual requirement to meet salaries and other demands are between Rs 6-12 crore.
The demands included the costs incurred on staging of state-level tournaments in different disciplines, besides hosting the regional and national level competitions, preparation of state teams for their participation in various national championships and providing incentives to meritorious sportspersons.
While sending congratulatory notes to the winners of the state in the recently concluded Northeast games in Shillong, AOA secretary general G Doke informed that the Arunachalee participants for the 34th National Games will be felicitated soon to encourage them for bringing laurels to the state.
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