Thursday, July 7, 2016

CM Fadnavis to dedicate square after Dhyanchand

The function will be held on July 9 at VHA


n Sports Reporter
NAGPUR, Juny 7

NAGPUR Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to name a square after hockey legend Major Dhyanchand.
The square, near Vidarbha Hockey Association and in front of Patrakar Colony off Amravati Road, will be named after the hockey ‘Wizard’.
The square naming ceremony will be held on July 9 at 
6.30 pm at VHA ground by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will be the chief guest of the programme. 
Olympian and World Cup gold medalist Ashok Kumar, son of Major Dhyanchand, will be the special guest on the occasion.
Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule will be the guest of honour.
Nagpur Mayor Pravin Datke will preside over the programme.
On the occasion, Member of Parliament (MP) Ajay Sancheti, Padmashree MP Vikas Mahatme,  MLAs Nago Ganar, Jogendra Kawade, Anil Sole, Prakash Gajbhiye, Girish Vyas, Sudhakar Deshmukh, Krishna Khopde, Vikas Kumbhare, Sudhakar Kohale, Dr Milind Mane, Deputy Mayor Satish Holay, Standing Committee Chairman Sudhir (Bandu) Raut, Ruling Party Leader Dayashankar Tiwari, Opposition Leader Vikas Thakre, Commissioner Shravan Hardikar, VHA President Radheshyam Sarda, Gautam Patil, Kishor Kumeria, Rahul Telang, Shravan Khapekar, Sumitra Jadhav, Lata Yadav, Ramnath Sonwane, Seema Raut, Raju Lokhande, Aslam Khan, Sunil Agrawal, Munna Pokulwar, Sunil Agrawal, Ravindra Kumbhare, Dr Rizwan Siddique and others will also remain prominently present.
This will be the first square in the city to be named after Dhyanchand, who has won three Olympic gold medals for India.
The decision was taken during the special meeting of NMC in the month of March. The proposal, to name the square after the most decorated hockey player of the country Dhyanchand, was put forth by former Deputy Mayor Ganesh ‘Munna’ Pokulwar in February, 2016. 
Vidarbha Hockey Association has requested all the school,
colleges, clubs and institutions 
to attend the function in large numbers.

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