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New Indian Express
04-08-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Kapil Dev, Baichung Bhutia, Bindra join Telangana's new sports board to power grassroots revolution
HYDERABAD: In a landmark initiative, sporting icons Kapil Dev, Baichung Bhutia, Abhinav Bindra, Pullela Gopichand and Gagan Narang have joined hands with top administrators and corporate leaders to form the 14-member Board of Governors of the Telangana Sports Development Fund (TSDF). According to officials, the newly constituted board combines grassroots sporting expertise with strategic leadership from industry. The TSDF, envisioned as a pioneering public-private model, aims to bolster grassroots systems, promote excellence across disciplines and serve as a national blueprint for nurturing future champions. The fund will focus on athlete development, infrastructure, PE teacher training and targeted investments in Olympic sports. The board will oversee joint decision-making and ensure transparency in implementation. The board includes influential figures such as RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group chairman Dr Sanjiv Goenka, known for strategic investments in Indian sport, and Vita Dani, credited with playing a key role in the rise of Indian table tennis. It also features women leaders in sport like Kavya Maran, CEO of Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Upasana Kamineni, vice chairperson of Apollo Hospitals Foundation, who bring fresh perspectives and a commitment to inclusive sporting growth.
The Hindu
02-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
CM Revanth Reddy unveils Telangana Sports Policy
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy unveiled the Telangana Sports Policy during the first edition of the Telangana Sports Conclave here on Saturday. The policy outlines a comprehensive vision for sports development across the state and will focus on strengthening governance, expanding infrastructure, creating career pathways and nurturing a vibrant sports ecosystem. 'We finished in 71st position in the Paris Olympics. We have declared that we are ready to host the Olympics but what if we do not win a single gold medal there? This policy is not just a piece of paper but a valuable document to guide us in our endeavour to win medals at the Olympics,' he said during the day-long event, where the state government also announced several MoUs with key national and international organisations. The policy also asks for the formation of a 14-member Board of Governors to oversee the Telangana Sports Development Fund (TSDF). Featuring some of India's most respected stakeholders in sports like Kapil Dev, Abhinav Bindra, Pullela Gopichand, Bhaichung Bhutia and Sanjeev Goenka, this board will ensure transparent and accountable utilisation of resources. Olympic medallist Gagan Narang said that the successful implementation of the policy could make Telangana a 'game-changer' in the Indian sports ecosystem. 'PPP (Public-Private Partnership) is the buzzword, but we forget the original PPP — Policy, Programme and Performance. Buy into this PPP, and the other PPP is not a problem. Telangana could be the first state to implement this,' he said during a panel discussion. Former Olympic shooting champion Bindra underlined the country's 'transactional' relationship with sport while hailing the objectives of the newly-launched framework. 'This is not for elite sport. There will be an increase in the playing numbers with this policy. It is important to develop sports from the grassroots level and not focus on medals alone,' he stated.
The Hindu
01-08-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Telangana to unveil comprehensive sports policy on Saturday
Hyderabad The State Government will announce a first-of-its-kind sports policy, envisaging setting up of a sports hub as an umbrella organisation to provide strategic leadership and policy guidance, on Saturday. The sports hub will be run by the Telangana Sports Development Fund (TSDF). Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will announce the sports policy in the presence of reputed sports personalities from across the country, including Gagan Narang, Pullela Gopichand, and Abhinav Bindra. The launch coincides with the inaugural of the first Telangana Sports Conclave. As part of the policy, government proposes key infrastructure components such as Young India Sports Academy, Sports schools, Residential School Sport Academies, Sports Science Centres, laboratories, Centres of Excellence, and various village and community-level facilities. Mini-stadiums in all 119 Assembly constituencies will also be part of the policy. The policy was aimed at setting up specialised residential school sport academies at select institutions governed by the social, tribal, backward classes and Minorities Welfare departments. The State Government, according to officials, would sign MoUs with FIFA during the inaugural sports conclave. It was also proposed to announce mentorship pogrammes in Shooting, Badminton and Sports Science. The policy would adopt a five pronged strategy aimed at producing Olympians and world-class sportspersons. The sport policy is aimed at supporting top athletes with international coaching exposure, training, sports insurance, and medical support. The development follows the Chief Minister's visit to South Korea last year, when he announced plans to establish a world-class sports university in Hyderabad. Accordingly, it was decided that the Young India Physical Education and Sports University (YIPESU) wiould be established with Korean National Sports University in Seoul as a technical partner.
New Indian Express
01-07-2025
- New Indian Express
All 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste incinerated at Pithampur
BHOPAL: The 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste, which was safely shifted out from the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy-hit, now defunct Union Carbide Plant, has been completely incinerated at the private Treatment-Storage-Disposal facility (TSDF) in Pithampur industrial town of Dhar district. The waste was shifted on the intervening night of January 1-2, 2025. According to official sources in Dhar district, the process of burning the waste, which began on May 5, in pursuance of a December 2024 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, took 55 days to complete the incineration of 337 metric tonnes of waste. The incineration was completed on June 30. Out of the 358 tonnes waste transported out of Bhopal in safe containers on January 1-2 (40 years after the worst industrial disaster claimed more than 5400 lives due to poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide plant), just around 21 tonnes (mostly mud) is being burnt and the process too will get completed soon. Around 814 tonnes of ash and residual matter have been gathered out of the incineration process so far. Official sources in Dhar district added that construction of landfills will be completed within two months, till then the residue will be packed in leak-proof bags and kept safely at the TSDF in Pithampur.
New Indian Express
30-06-2025
- New Indian Express
337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from defunct Union Carbide Plant completely incinerated in Pithampur treatment facility
BHOPAL: The 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste, which was safely shifted out from the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy-hit, now defunct Union Carbide Plant, has been completely incinerated at the private Treatment-Storage-Disposal facility (TSDF) in Pithampur industrial town of Dhar district. The waste was shifted on the intervening night of January 1-2, 2025. According to official sources in Dhar district, the process of burning the waste, which began on May 5, in pursuance of a December 2024 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, took 55 days to complete the incineration of 337 metric tonnes of waste. The incineration was completed on June 30. Out of the 358 tonnes waste transported out of Bhopal in safe containers on January 1-2 (40 years after the worst industrial disaster claimed more than 5400 lives due to poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide plant), just around 21 tonnes (mostly mud) is being burnt and the process too will get completed soon. Around 814 tonnes of ash and residual matter have been gathered out of the incineration process so far. Official sources in Dhar district added that construction of landfills will be completed within two months, till then the residue will be packed in leak-proof bags and kept safely at the TSDF in Pithampur.
