Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has given in-principle approval for the establishment of a Wrestling and Boxing Academy in Puri.

The approval was communicated through a letter issued by Swarupananda Sahu, Officer on Special Duty in the Sports & Youth Services Department, addressed to the Collector and District Magistrate of Puri.

The department has requested the district administration to identify at least two acres of encroachment-free government land, preferably near the District Sports Complex, for the proposed academy.

“In inviting a kind reference to the subject cited above, I am directed to intimate that the Government in Sports & Youth Services have been pleased to accord in principle approval to the proposal towards “Establishment/ development of a Wrestling and Boxing Acade

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