Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Uttarakhand ready to host winter SAF games

STAFF WRITER 17:40 HRS IST

Dehradun, Mar 22 (PTI) The Uttarakhand government today said the state was ready to host the first winter SAF Games and it schedule was changed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

IOA changed the programme of first SAF winter games, which were scheduled in January this year due to 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka (Bangladesh) from Jan 29, 2010 till February 9 and the 21st Winter Olympic Games in Canada from February 12, 2010 till February 28, 2010, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prakash Pant informed the state assembly while replying to a question by Pritam Singh of Congress.

He, however, added that all preparations have been made in this regard and the state was ready to host first SAF winter games.

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