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New Delhi : Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on June 21, 2017, led the curtain raiser of the second edition of the `Slum Daud' here. Chief Guest of the event was tennis great Vijay Amritraj.
The first edition of the Slum Daud was held on May 26 in which 5,000 youngsters from various slums in Delhi had participated. The Slum Yuva Daud is part of the `Adopt Slum’ campaign initiated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan.
Interacting with the media, Goel said, “This would enable us to gather the youth and know about their skills and ideas. We would organize mini-fests in slums on the themes of Swachhta, Digital India, Beti Bachao Beti Padao etc. We will aim at creating model slums and create groups of youth who will work as agents of change to work for the development of their respective slums/areas,” Goel added, according to a PIB release.
Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj said, ”Our youth has tremendous potential to bring changes in the society and must work tirelessly to hone their skills and work for nation building. Sports is something that attracts the youth and they must take it up as a career too”.
Goel also stated that the government under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi is committed to the cause of the weaker sections. The Slum Yuva Daud and Adopt Slum campaigns aim at highlighting the government’s pro-people schemes among masses. Goel has himself adopted Indra slum in Timarpur area, according to the release.