Thiruvananthapuram: The district-level Olympic games ahead of the first ever Kerala Olympic Games started here on Monday.
The official inauguration of the district Olympics was held at Attingal Polytechnic Grounds by the minister for food and civil supplies, G R Anil.
The minister said that Kerala Olympic Games will be a new sporting experience for the state. He added that the state government was envisaging a Rs 1,000-crore project for the development of sports infrastructure in the state.
District Olympic association president K S Balagopal presided over the function. Attingal Municipal corporation chairperson S Kumari and film actor
Priyanka Nair also greeted the gathering.
State Olympic association
president
V Sunil Kumar
and former
sports council
president
Padmini Thomas
, Dhyanchand Award winner K C Lekha were also present on the occasion. Archery, volleyball, karate and tennis competitions will start from Tuesday.
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