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NCC cadets in 3 states &Chandigarh to be given sports training

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Press Trust of India Batala
Last Updated : Mar 31 2017 | 7:28 PM IST
NCC cadets in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh and Chandigarh will be given sports training, besides the usual defence training, National Cadet Corps' Additional DG Major General Balbir Singh today said.
Presiding over a meeting of cadets, NCC officers and principals of different schools and colleges at the NCC headquarters here, the ADG said the cadets will be trained to prepare for national and international-level championships.
The cadets in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh have sports talent but they lack coaching and opportunities, so the NCC would provide them sports training also, he said.
He said the NCC is organising national sports championship for cadets only for the last five years enable them to prepare for further competitions.

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First Published: Mar 31 2017 | 7:28 PM IST

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