Srikakulam meet of CIFA-Thums Up Rural
Games concludes with gaiety
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At least 600 people from in and around coastal town of Srikakulam
participate in various games and sporting activities
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Over 300 people benefit from the free Health Camp organized
at the venue by Indian Red Cross as part of the Games
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Thousand of people witness the games and sporting activities
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Villagers appreciate the unique public-private partnership
between Andhra Pradesh Police Department and the organizers
Srikakulam, May 22: The two-day long festivities
of CIFA-Thums Up Rural Games that charged up the coastal
town of Srikakulam
and its surrounding areas came to a close with the District
Collector Y V Vishnu IAS distributing cash prizes to the
winners of various sporting activities amidst thunderous
applause
by the audience at the Kodi Rama Murthy Stadium here today.
Srikakulam District Police Superintendent, Manish Kumar
Sinha IPS, Andhra Pradesh Olympic Assocition Vice President
and Narasannapeta MLA Dharmana Krishna Das and Jilla Parishad
Chairman P Rajasekharam were also
present at the prize distribution and closing ceremony.
The sleepy town of Srikakulam has been wearing a festive
look for the last two days with hundreds of farmers and their
families cheering up various teams participating in games
like Kabbadi after the Additional Police Superintendent of
Police, D K Mishra IPS, inaugurated the State's first meet
of the CIFA-Thums Up Rural Games 2007 on Monday.
The district-wise meet of CIFA-Thums Up Rural Games will
now move over to Vatluru in Eluru district and Leguntapadu
in Nellore district on May 26 where the action will take
place for two days before moving over to 17 other venues.
Marking another success to the rural extravaganza, the six-member
medical team, that included three doctors and three support
staff, has offered free medical check up and advice to as
many as 300 villagers in an effort to spread the benefit
of the Games beyond Games and Sports.
The meet has witnessed as many as 600 villagers participating
in various items such as Kabbadi, Sack carrying race in Men’s
category and Rangoli and Short-distance races in Women’s
category. Thousands of people witnessed the meet over the
two days and a huge crowd gathered at the stadium on May
21 evening for the cultural night that turned out to be a
mega success with local artists tuning to the taste of villagers.