Khelo India Winter Games honours sporting excellence and is a great spectacle for Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha mentioned on January 30.
‘Snow leopard’, the emblem and mascot for this yr’s Khelo India Winter Games was launched by Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Brig B.D. Mishra and Mr. Sinha on Tuesday, an official spokesman mentioned.
The Khelo India Winter Games 2024 is scheduled to be held between February 2 to six in Gulmarg and Leh areas of the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Khelo India Winter Games honours sporting excellence, braveness and character and it’s a great sporting spectacle for Jammu and Kashmir, L-G Sinha mentioned.
He mentioned the mascot for the winter video games, snow leopard, is the image of the Himalayas’ pure heritage and displays the dedication of the federal government in direction of the safety and preservation of wildlife.
The Union Environment Ministry on Tuesday mentioned that India has an estimated 718 snow leopards with 477 of them in Ladakh.
J&Okay has emerged as a most well-liked vacation spot for winter sports activities, Mr. Sinha mentioned.
Mr. Sinha congratulated the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the occasion and prolonged his finest needs to the gamers, officers and members of the organising committees.
In the fourth version of winter video games, snow skating, ice hockey and curling have been shifted to Ladakh whereas different sporting occasions will probably be held in J&Okay’s Gulmarg.
