Lagatar24 Desk
Meerut, Jan 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the university is established at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of about Rs 700 Crore.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister congratulated everyone for welcoming in 2022 and said that it has been quite significant for him to visit Meerut at the beginning of the new year.
“Meerut is a center of our strength and culture, It is the land of Jain tirthankaras and has shown us the strength of India ever since the time of the Indus valley civilization,” said Modi.
Various sports clusters to be inaugurated today. India needs to become self-reliant in sports equipment manufacturing. In the NEP being implemented, priority's being given to sports. It's now in the same category as science, math or other studies. It'll be a dedicated subject: PM pic.twitter.com/YABD4OtNWf
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 2, 2022
“This university worth Rs 700 crores will provide international sports facilities to the youth. Every year, more than 1000 girls and boys will graduate from here. Earlier, only criminals & mafias used to play and tournaments of illegal land grabbing happened,” he added.
The PM also lashed out at the previous regimes in Uttar Pradesh for protecting criminals during their tenure and pointed out that the present government plays ‘jali-jali’ with such lawbreakers.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with CM Yogi Adityanath & Governor Anandiben Patel, visited the Government Freedom Struggle Museum in Shaheed Smarak, Meerut. They also paid respects at the Shahid Smarak in Meerut and offered prayer at the Augurnath temple.
