Home Minister Amit Shah To Inaugurate Northeast's 1st Olympic Park In Manipur Today
NDTV
The first Olympic park in the Northeast at Sangaithel hillock in Manipur houses statues of state Olympians and will also accommodate statues of future Olympians.
Union home minister Amit Shah is in Manipur today to today lay foundation stones and inaugurate several projects including northeast's first Olympic Park.
Built by the Manipur government, the first Olympic park in the northeast situated at Sangaithel hillock houses statues of state Olympians.
Since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Manipur has produced 19 Olympians, including seven from hockey, four each from boxing and weightlifting, three from judo and one from archery.
The park will also accommodate statues of future Olympians from the state. A training centre for judo, weightlifting and boxing, developed in consultation with Samsung, will be also be set up at the park.
