Minister for Tourism, Culture and Youth Advancement R.K. Roja inaugurated the summer sports training camps by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh(SAAP) at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium in the city on Wednesday. No summer camps were organised in the past two years due to COVID pandemic.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Roja said that the State government is on a mission to recognise and nurture talent at the village level as part of which 1,670 sports and games training camps are being conducted across the State in 48 disciplines spending ₹83.50 lakh.
She asked parents to send their wards to the summer camps and encourage them to have physical activity instead of spending time with their phones.