SAG wrestling tournament in Janakpur

Kathmandu, September 26

The meeting of 13th South Asian Games Organising Committee today formed various committees and decided to hold the wrestling tournament in Janakpur.

The sixth meeting of the Organising Committee, chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Jagat Bahadur Sunar, took the decision to shift wrestling tournament in the headquarters of Province-2.

Following the decision, the 13th SA Games, slated for December 1-10, will now be held in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur.

The meeting, which was also attended by National Sports Council Member Secretary Ramesh Kumar Silwal and Nepal Olympic Committee President Jeevan Ram Shrestha among others, nominated convenors and secretaries of various committees to ensure smooth organisation of the regional sporting extravaganza that features 27 sports disciplines.

Rim Bahadur Ranabhat was named the convenor of National Team Preparation Committee, while Mahendra Kumar Rai was nominated the secretary, while former NSC Member Secretary Keshab Kumar Bista and Laba Bhakta Shrestha got the responsibilities of venue management. Ganga Bahadur Thapa Magar and Arjun Bahadur BK were named the convenor and secretary of technical committee, while Umesh Lal Shrestha was appointed the convenor of resource mobilisation committee.

Likewise, Nepal Police IG Sarbendra Nath Khanal was named the convenor of security committee with Phanindra Paudel being the secretary. Tashi Ghale and Binod Upreti were handed the responsibilities of accommodation management, while Arjun Bahadur KC and Saroj Kumar Pokhrel were picked up for the transportation management committee.

Dr Ajay Rana and Madhu Sudan Basnet were named in Health Committee, while Shiva Koirala and Durga Prasad Dulal were nominated in Publicity and Publication committee.

Others who were nominated as convenor and secretary included Shailendra Khanal and Kul Bahadur Thapa (ceremony), Binod Shrestha and Prem Malla (volunteer), Ana Prasad Neupane and Dem Bahadur Basnet (monitoring, inspection and evaluation), Amar Singh Shah and Ananta Devi Khanal (hospitality), Purendra Bikram Lakhe and Bajra Bahadur KC (sports gears and costume management), and Dr Saroj Krishna Shrestha and Tilak Nepali (anti-doping).

The meeting also formed a five-member committee under Social Development Minister of Gandaki Province Naradevi Pun to facilitate in the Pokhara venue.

Pokhara Metropolitan City Mayor Man Bahadur GC, NSC Member Rajesh Gurung and former NOC Vice-president Tej Bahadur Gurung are the members in the committee, while Laxman Yogi of Western Region Sports Development Committee is the secretary. The committee has been given the mandate of forming 11 sub-committees to facilitate the Games.

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