CM Pushkar Singh dedicates India’s only international level ice rink at Maharana Pratap Sports College Raipur Dehradun. Chief Minister calls it a big achievement for Uttarakhand. Government committed to establish Uttarakhand as a land of sports. Dhami, while dedicating India’s only international level ice rink at Maharana Pratap Sports College Raipur Dehradun on Monday, said that this is a big achievement for Uttarakhand; this ice skating rink is no less than an achievement not only for Uttarakhand but for the whole of India.
Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the Southeastern Asian Winter Games were held in this ice skating rink built in the year 2011, in which players from many countries like Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka participated along with India. Later, no attention was paid to this rink, due to which it was closed, but our government decided to restart this rink as part of its mission to establish Devbhoomi Uttarakhand as a sports land.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that we had taken a firm resolve that even if we have to call engineers from abroad, we will restart this ice skating rink and we have worked strongly in this direction and have been successful. The Chief Minister said that just as we had organized the National Games on the theme of Green Games, a solar plant of 1 MW has also been set up to run this ice skating rink. This ice skating rink is an international standard rink, which is perhaps the largest skating rink not only in the country but also in South Asia. The department has also received a proposal from the Ice Skating Federation of India to host the games at this rink.
The Chief Minister said that in the coming times, we will see national and international level ice skating competitions being held in this rink. This ice skating rink will also play an important role in fulfilling our resolve to establish Devbhoomi Uttarakhand as a land of sports. On this occasion, Cabinet Minister Mrs. Rekha Arya, MLA Mr. Umesh Sharma Kau, Special Principal Secretary Mr. Amit Sinha, Additional Secretary Mr. Prashant Arya, officials of the Sports Department, and a large number of sportspersons were present. Information and Public Relations Department.