All three levels of the government should allocate sufficient budget to the sports sector: Speaker Ghartimagar

Inaugurating the second President's Cup volleyball tournament organized by Palpa's Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Speaker Gharti said that sports can protect the youth from intellectual, physical, mental and physical development as well as wrongdoing. "Youth can be disciplined through sports," he said, "so by learning to follow the rules, the youth will become disciplined by following the rules of life."

He said that although the Lumbini state government introduced the concept of one municipality and one playground in the year 2075, there was not much interest in the following days. He said that the playgrounds that have been started in the 119 levels of the province have not yet been organized because of insufficient budget allocation. In the

program, Ribdikot rural municipality chairman Narayan Bahadur Karki said that the province did not get enough budget for municipal level playgrounds. He said that the playground was built in Dabka in Palungmainadi with the help of everyone, but it was built through a separate program of the provincial government. "Everyone is interested in sports and playgrounds, including youth and women," he said. In the

program, Chief Administrative Officer Mani Prasad Khanal, Ward President of Ward 7 Dan Bahadur Kunwar, Chairman of Youth and Sports Development Committee Ribdikot Jhapindra Pachbhaiya and others have said that the identity of Ribdikot is volleyball and they are trying to make the youth active through sports. Local Subas Karki said that organizing the competition in the newly constructed playground will also help in its promotion. Teams from all 8 wards are participating in the

President's Cup competition for women and men. In the competition, which will be conducted until Monday, the first place in the men's category will receive 30,000, the second place 20,000 and the third place 10,000 cash prizes as well as trophies, certificates and medals.

In the women's category, the first runner-up will get Rs 15,000, the second runner-up Rs 10,000 and the third runner-up Rs 5,000 in cash, as well as trophies, certificates and medals, said Pachbhaiya, chairman of the Youth and Sports Development Committee.