The torch for the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Chennai from July 28 reached Tamil Nadu on Monday after travelling across the country. The Olympiad torch relay that first reached Coimbatore was received at CODISSIA here on Monday.
Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy, Minister for Information and Publicity M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthil Balaji, and Minister for Forests K. Ramachandran received the Chess Olympiad Torch at Codissia.
Speaking at the gathering of more than 2000 school and college students, Mr. Senthil Balaji said, the state takes pride in organising the Chess Olympiad, that is taking place for the first time in India. He also highlighted that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government has passed orders to designate ‘silambam’ as one of the games to be included for the 3% sports quota recruitment in government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs).
