SRINAGAR, JUNE 25: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Hon’ble Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya for the approval of Jammu Kashmir UT’s first National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) at Awantipora, Pulwama.
The Lieutenant Governor said the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) at Awantipora will serve as a premier national centre for High Altitude Sports and various athletic competitions besides skilling thousands of youths in various sports.
The facilities at NCOE campus will include athletics tracks, indoor courts, football turf, hockey turfs, kabaddi and kho-kho courts, shooting range, swimming pool, taekwondo hall, integrated strength and conditioning and rehab complex, hostels, sports science centre, and sports medicine centre.
“This state-of-the-art Centre will bring world-class infrastructure and elite coaching right to our Union Territory, training the next generation of Olympic and international champions,” he said.
