Bhubaneswar: After an extraordinary show by athletes in Tokyo Para-Olympics and Shuttler Pramod Bhagat won a gold medal, Odisha athletes sharpen their voices with normal players.
Odisha Para-Players Forum – Association of the athletes demanded the inclusion of special sportsmen in direct recruitment schemes and provide government work to them such as other normal sportsperson.
“Equality is only a word from a guarantee for us.
We have demanded government work for the past few years, but our requests have become deaf ears.
Now after brilliant performance by our athletes and by Pramod Bhagat who brought victory for the country and country, Asking the state government to assume we are serious, “said Rakhal Sethy, Secretary of the Odisha player forum para.
Half, 37, a national level fencing player who represented India in Asian games, played 5 World Cups, 2 World Championships and won 36 National Medals, also a prospective work.
In addition, among his students he had been training 14 had won a medal at the national level without government support.
The source said, currently 33 players are eligible to get jobs including six have got jobs in their own efforts.
From rest 27, seven have played Asian games and the rest have won a national medal.
The players also accused that there was no training and hostel and training facilities for athletes in the state.
Sunil Pradhan, his other sports and Shuttlers said, “In terms of financial assistance as well as athletes become less than normal players.
Normal players who play Asian games get Rs 7.5 lakh while the sportsperson only gets Rs 50,000.
Why is this disparity? In other countries such as Haryana and Gujarat, they provide the same opportunities and financial and infrastructure support for players and normal players.
When the Odisha government claims to be the capital of Indian sports, can it be without taking players players? “However, the source The sports department said the sportsmen had used employment opportunities under 1% reservation for sportsmen, every time the recruitment process was carried out for various departments and organizations.
Para-sportspersons do not qualify for work at Odisha Police Services and Posts in State Psus.
The head of the Secretary had held a meeting in this case on August 27 and directed the relevant departments to check the problem and prepare comprehensive guidelines.
Given the criteria of physical norms under the Odisha police, the Chief Secretary has been directed to check whether the sportsmen can be considered for group-C positions under various departments, instead of recruitment of police levels.
“Comprehensive draft resolution to be prepared by the department does not include all existing resolutions and appropriate modifications to include Group-C posts for recruitment of sportspersons and sportsmen in the Government and Public Sector Undertakings (PSU),” Sailendra Kumar Jena, “Department Secretary, sport and youth together.