Hisar, Dec. 16.
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam will felicitate boxer Vikas Krishan
Yadav and hockey player Puja Sharma, the gold medal winners of Asian Games
held in China, in the opening ceremony of its 3rd Annual Sports Meet to commence
from tomorrow at Vidyut Nagar Sorts Complex. Mr. Sudhir Rajpal, Managing
Director, DHBVN, who will declare the meet open, will give away awards to the
players.
A spokesman of DHBVN said here today that Vikas Krishan Yadav
and Puja Sharma are the wards of DHBVN’s employees. Vikas is gold medalist in 60
kilogram category of boxing of the Asian Games and Puja was a member of the
Indian hockey team that won gold medal in the Asian Games.
He said that over 400 players from seven circles viz Sirsa, Hisar,
Bhiwani, Narnaul, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Head Office Hisar will take part in ten
events of the three day sports meet including hockey, football, wrestling, tug of war,
kabaddi, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, basketball and athletics. A few players
of international and national level, employed in DHBVN will also fight in different
events representing various circles. The meet will conclude on December 19. Mr. K.
K. Sharma, Director will give away prizes in the concluding ceremony.
He said that DHBVN Family Games will also be organized,
simultaneously, on December 19 at Vidyut Nagar Sports Complex in which members
of about 1200 families of DHBVN’s employees, including 1100 families from Vidyut
Nagar Hisar, are likely to participate in over a dozen events. Entertaining sports events for children, women and youth are being organized in the family games.