By sponsoring the hockey team, the Odisha government has paved the way for the people of the state to look at hockey as their own sport.
The Men’s Hockey World Cup will be inaugurated today at Barabati Stadium while matches will be played from January 13
As many as 50 platoons of police force will be deployed in and around the stadium while 200 officers will be mobilised to ensure security. Outside foods, water bottles and throwable items will not be allowed inside the stadium.
If the construction of the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Sundergarh was completed in 15 months, it was possible only because of the unprecedented level of alacrity shown by the administration mechanism.
The Commissionerate Police has clamped several traffic restrictions in view of heavy footfall of sports enthusiasts and others to witness the gala opening ceremony in Cuttack.
The deceased, identified as Gopal Tirkey, was engaged in beautification works at the stadium when he accidentally came in contact with the live wire.
What is more exciting is the IMD’s forecast that there is no prediction of rain-related activities in the state till January 14, 2023.
As per the decision, mobile health units and special teams of doctors will be deployed at match venues to meet any sort of health-related eventuality.
The grand opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the Hockey World Cup will be held at the iconic Barabati Stadium in the Millennium City.
Known for creating smallest artefacts in different mediums, Satya has 25 international and national records to his credit.
Nilam has been living with his family in a kutcha house comprising two rooms.
Rourkela, which is hosting the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023, became the fourth city in the State to have scheduled flights after Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda and Jeypore.
Finally, his hard work has paid off. The trophy will be put on display for the public at the Judicial Academy Gandhi Park in Cuttack on January 8.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it," says a statement attributed to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. Someone in the ruling dispensation in Odisha appears to have taken the advice too seriously.
Odisha CM Patnaik made this announcement while inaugurating the World Cup Village at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex in Rourkela.
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