NCC adopts Sansarpur village

Sansarpur village in Jalandhar once known as the Mecca of hockey,producing 13 Olympians,16 international players and 150 national players has become the first village in the country to be adopted by the National Cadet Core.

Sansarpur village in Jalandhar once known as the Mecca of hockey,producing 13 Olympians,16 international players and 150 national players has become the first village in the country to be adopted by the National Cadet Core (NCC).

The NCC wishes to promote talent by enrolling hockey players as NCC cadets and provide them with training facilities,said Major General Mohabat Singh,Additional Director General,NCC Directorate in Punjab,Haryana,Himachal and Chandigarh.

The Major General said this while addressing mediapersons at the Jalandhar NCC meet on Tuesday.

He said that if the NCC adopts a village,all children in that village will be motivated to get enrolled as NCC cadets and if they are good in any game,they will be provided all facilities to explore their talent at the national and International levels. The NCC plans to adopt more such villages in the future,he added.

Speaking about the achievements of Punjab NCC,Singh said that it has become the first in the country to open two academies one each for girls and boys in Malout and Ropar,respectively. In these,along with education, physical training,computer education,etc will also be provided to the cadets.

As many as 89 cadets from Punjab NCC have joined as officers in the defence forces last year the highest number sent by any NCC directorate in the country,said Singh.

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