Haryana launches Olympic campaign
The Haryana government on Tuesday launched a 10-day campaign — Bol India — in an opportunity for fans to wish the Olympic-bound Indian athletes and spread awareness about the mega event.
“The campaign is intended to give people a platform to wish the Indian contingent taking part in the Olympics. It is a build-up to the Olympics and will motivate people, especially the youth, to take interest in sports,” Haryana’s director sports O.P. Singh said.
The department is also planning two roadshows, where vehicles, carrying photographs of all Olympic qualifiers from India will move through the state, and also Chandigarh.
“The roadshows will disseminate information on the Olympic qualifiers from the country, the schedule of the Games, when our qualifiers are likely to play, and also the opportunities that exist for a career in sports. We hope to motivate youth with our effort,” he said.
Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will flag off the ‘Bol India’ roadshow from his residence.
Singh said that fans can show their support for the campaign on the social networking sites as well as by sending their messages. “Digital boards will also be put up where people can write messages for the Olympians,” he said.
Besides this, all the sports complexes in the state will have interactive module having components such as on-the-spot quiz, Olympics schedule involving Indian athletes, information on international players and Haryana government’s sports promotion programmes.
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