As a part of the ongoing Yuva Mohatsava ( Youth festival), whichis organized as a part of the state level festival by sports department, a body building competitiion was organized in Rayagada town hall today. The idea of district level body building competition was mooted when some body builders came to call on Collector Rayagada after having won some competition. The district administration was then planning the dist level youth festival. Collector Rayagada proposed to include a body building competition as part of the youth festival and the district sports officer, Sri. Satyanarayan Senapati coordinated with the concerned officials and people in general to organize this competition.
Many youth from poor background, most of them belonging to tribal communities, participated with great enthusiasm in this competition. Body building is a resource intensive task. For a person from poor background, maintaining the levels of nutrition and at the same time supporting the family is a tight rope walk. It is only their passion and dedicated to this art or sport whatever one may like to call it, that inspite of all hardships and impediments, these boys dedicate themselves to this task. To encourage them cash prizes were given instead of trophies or shields. Some of the prizes were sponsored by Collector Rayagada himself. While addressing the participants, Collector Rayagada told them that their strength and skills will be put to best use, if it is used in the interest of the society and to help protect the poorer and weaker sections of the society.
Many persons from Rayagada district who were into body building, but have ceased to be actively associated with this aport, had come to see this competition i the Town hall of Rayagada Municipality, which was more than filled to its capacity.
Many youth from poor background, most of them belonging to tribal communities, participated with great enthusiasm in this competition. Body building is a resource intensive task. For a person from poor background, maintaining the levels of nutrition and at the same time supporting the family is a tight rope walk. It is only their passion and dedicated to this art or sport whatever one may like to call it, that inspite of all hardships and impediments, these boys dedicate themselves to this task. To encourage them cash prizes were given instead of trophies or shields. Some of the prizes were sponsored by Collector Rayagada himself. While addressing the participants, Collector Rayagada told them that their strength and skills will be put to best use, if it is used in the interest of the society and to help protect the poorer and weaker sections of the society.
Many persons from Rayagada district who were into body building, but have ceased to be actively associated with this aport, had come to see this competition i the Town hall of Rayagada Municipality, which was more than filled to its capacity.
