The second edition of ‘Khelo India National Winter Games 2021’ has been inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg district on February 26. <br /><br />Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and MoS in Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry Kiren Rijiju were also present at the inauguration ceremony. <br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the event via video-conferencing yesterday. Large numbers of players from across the country took part in the event. <br /><br />Gulmarg is a world-famous ski and tourist resort in north Kashmir of J&K. Around 1,200 athletes from different parts of the country are participating in the five-day long ‘Khelo India National Winter Games’. <br /><br />It will attract skiing lovers from across the world. The event is conducted to promote adventure tourism and aimed at engaging the youth in positive and constructive activities. <br /><br />The games include snowshoe race, ice skating, ice hockey, skiing, nordic skiing, snowboarding, ski mountaineering and ice stock.<br /><br />‘Khelo India Winter Games’ is being organised by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports in collaboration with the J&K Sports Council and the Winter Games Association of J&K.
