Karimnagar:The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) company-level football competition began at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Godavarikhani, Peddapalli district, on Wednesday.
The two-day competition was inaugurated by Ramagundam Area-I general manager D. Lalith Kumar, who unveiled the Olympic sports shield.
Speaking on the occasion, Lalith Kumar said sports helped develop physical and mental strength, discipline and team spirit. Employees who actively participated in both their duties and sports would serve as role models for the company, he said.
Of the 45,000 employees working in SCCL, around 50 per cent were young, he said, urging them to participate in sports in greater numbers.
He said the company would spend Rs 2.5 crore to lay a four-lane synthetic track at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Lalith Kumar thanked local MLA Makkan Singh Raj Thakur and SCCL chairman and managing director Jyothi Buddha Prasad for their interest in developing the stadium.
He said SCCL, under the leadership of its CMD, a national-level hockey player, was giving priority to sports development.
He urged participants to accept both victory and defeat in the right spirit and perform well in the Coal India-level competitions.
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