Football playing girls set to ride minister-donated bus

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : Sep 09 2013 | 11:00 PM IST
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, who had last month announced to gift a mini-bus for ferrying young football playing tribal girls here, is likely to hand over the the keys of the vehicle to the team on September 12.
"The minister is likely to hand over the mini-bus on Thursday," an official told PTI today.
The Union Rural Development minister had on August 9 met the players at Ormanjhi on the outskirts of Ranchi after they finished third among ten teams in the Gasteiz U-14 girls football tournament which was hosted in Spain in July this year.
Impressed with their penchant for soccer, Ramesh announced Rs ten lakh from his MPLAD funds to purchase a mini-bus for the promising girls to help them commute to schools and football ground every day.
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First Published: Sep 09 2013 | 11:00 PM IST