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Tourism Minister R. Rajendran inaugurated the younker sports festival Ithu Namma Aattam 2026in Salem connected Sunday.
The Minister said that Ithu Namma Aattam 2026 volition beryllium held across the 388 taluks successful 37 districts successful the State connected behalf of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) to promote sports activities among younker and to amended their skills. Men and women aged betwixt 16 and 35 years tin instrumentality portion successful the lawsuit successful which competitions are held astatine the taluk, district, and State levels. The taluk-level competitions successful Salem territory begun connected Sunday, including athletics, volleyball, and thoroughfare cricket.
The competitions volition beryllium held successful each 20 blocks successful the district, astatine CSI Higher Secondary School and authorities higher secondary schools successful Fort, Mallur, Nadupatti, Vazhapadi, Gangavalli, Pethanaickenpalayam, Attur, Ayothiapattinam, Kadayampatti, Magudanchavadi, Konganapuram, Jalakandapuram, Sankari, Navapatti, and Thalaivasal. The winners of the taluk-level volition enactment successful the district-level competitions. The archetypal 3 winners of the district-level contention volition person currency rewards of ₹6,000, ₹4,000, and ₹2,000, respectively, and the winners astatine the State level volition person ₹75,000, ₹50,000, and ₹25,000, respectively, Mr. Rajendran added.
In Namakkal district, District Collector Durgamoorthi inaugurated the sports festival connected a backstage assemblage premises astatine Pachal.
