Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 30

Jalandhar Central MLA Rajinder Beri on Wednesday sanctioned a grant of Rs 5 lakh for setting up of a sports canteen in Raizada Hansraj Badminton Stadium.

Former national player and member of interim committee Ritin Khanna on Wednesday met Rajinder Beri. During the meeting, Khanna told MLA about the importance of nutritious diet for the players to improve their game. He said there was immediate need of a sport canteen for the players so that they could get healthy and nutrient-rich food easily following which Beri approved Rs 5 lakh.

Move to benefit 500 players

Former national player and member of the interim committee Ritin Khanna on Wednesday met Rajinder Beri. During the meeting, Khanna told the MLA about the importance of nutritious diet for the players to improve their game. He said there was an immediate need of a sports canteen for players so that they could get healthy and nutrient-rich food easily following which Beri approved Rs 5 lakh for the same. He said with sports canteen, 500 players practising at the stadium would be greatly benefitted. He said with this canteen, the players would be able to get meal for three times in a day, including breakfast, lunch and dinner.

He said with sports canteen, 500 players practising at the stadium would be greatly benefitted. He said with this canteen, the players would be able to get meal for three times in a day, including breakfast, lunch and dinner.

He stated that the players, who usually come to participate in the tournaments here, would be able to enjoy the food in this canteen as earlier they had to go outside for food. The MLA also appreciated the work of interim committee of the District Badminton Association.

Khanna said the interim committee had taken several measures for upgrading of the stadium and brought new facility of five new synthetic courts, gyms, yoga and aerobic centre and opened academy of Olympian Deepankar Bhattacharya. Earlier, MP Naresh Gujral and Speaker Rana KP Singh had provided a grant of Rs 15 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively.