Bangalore rural Dasara sports festival kicks off

BANGALORE: Rural chapter of the Dasara Sports Festival - 2011 kicked off on Friday in Kanteerava Stadium.The two-day state-level sports festival has teams from eight zillas participating in various events such as athletics, volleyball, kabbadi, table tennis, hockey and others.“Sports is a way of celebrating Dasara.With the government’s support new events have been included this time. Sports is important for the development of both body and mind,” said the President of Health Education Standing Committee B a n g a l o r e R u r a l , V Narayanaswamy.The Bangalore Rural chapter of the sports festival, as a prelude to Dasara festival, features teams from Chitradurga, Chikkaballapura, Davanagere, Kolar, Shimoga, Tumkur, Ramnagara and Bangalore Rural.Narayanaswamy inaugurated the event with the Chief Secretary of Department of Youth Services and Sports I R Perumal, Chief Executive Officer of Bangalore Rural Zilla Panchayat Bettaswamy, Bhagyamma and President of Bangalore Rural Zilla Panchayat Bhagyamma.“It is a part of our plan for Dasara to hold a state-level sporting event in every district.We have been doing it successfully. This will finish by September 25 and then we will head to Mysore for the grand celebration,” said Perumal.Accommodation for the visiting teams has been arranged separately for the teams management staff, female and male participants