Nagpur: Internationally acclaimed sprinter of the country Hima Das asked budding sportspersons of Nagpur to inculcate discipline if they want to achieve success. Hima Das was speaking during the flag distribution and date announcement function of the sixth edition of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav on Sunday.
The KKM-6 will be held from January 12 to 28 in Nagpur. Hima Das said without sacrifice success is not achieved. “I started running in 2017 and within a year became world U-20 champion. This success looks easy to some but I had sacrificed a lot where I had to stay away from my parents, my family, had to sacrifice my favourite food. I dedicated myself to athletics. I come from a very humble background and hail from a small village. If I can achieve success why can’t you? Sports helped me to find new friends and all my success gave me some compliments like ‘Dhing Express of India’ and ‘Golden Girl of Assam’,” said Hima Das.
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“KKM that Nitin Gadkari started in 2018 will always be memorable for me as in the same year I became world champion. Wherever I will go, I will surely tell everyone about this grassroots sports festival that Gadkari started to inspire young players,” she acknowledged.
56 games to be played in 17 days
With added sports and increased prize money, the sixth edition of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav will be a much bigger event. The sixth edition of this multisport discipline will be played at almost all the corners of Nagpur and will have 56 games which will be played at 66 venues of the city. The dates of the events were announced at a function at Kingsway Hospital’s hall. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari presided over the function which was attended by over 2500 players and officials.
India’s star sprinter Hima Das distributed the flags to the association representatives of all the 56 sporting disciplines. Chief Convenor of the event and former Nagpur Mayor Sandip Joshi made introductory remarks. Khasdar Krida Mahotsav is a brainchild of Gadkari which provides a platform not only to the fitness enthusiasts but also to professional players of the city to showcase their talent in a competition format at the grassroots level.
“The Chak De, Khelo Nagpur Khelo, Khasdar Krida Mahotsav is in fact a unique sports festival — Of the Nagpurian, By the Nagpurian & For the Nagpurians,” said Gadkari amid loud applause. The games that would be part of the sixth edition comprise football, kho-kho, lawn tennis, basketball, carrom, athletics, swimming, volleyball, badminton, hockey, chess, kabaddi, table tennis, cycling, girls box cricket, wrestling, bodybuilding, divyang games, archery, taekwon-do, boxing, rifle shooting, fencing, malkhamb, gymnastics, benchpress powerlifting, yog kriya, judo, soft ball, sepak takraw, handball, cricket, tug of war, marathon, marshal art, karate, aatya patya, pittu, langdi and many Indian games.
The first-of-its-kind event to be conducted in 17 days, will be played at around 66 venues of the city. A total of 2,325 teams, around 4,800 officials and over 65,000 participants are expected to take part in this edition. As many as 1,100 trophies, 12,300 medals and a total prize money of Rs 1.35 crore will be distributed amongst the podium finishers. In addition, many individual awards will also be given during the championship. During the team event, the best player in every match will also be given an award, it was announced.
