

By Biswadip Nandy and Santanu Ghosh
Balurghat, 12 August : To celebrate the Khela Hobe day on August 16 the Balurghat municipality is organizing a football competition with football teams of 25 wards of the Balurghat municipality. In view of this,Municipality’s ward-based league level tournament was kicked off today at the Uttamasha ground of the town.
Balurghat Municipality Chairman Ashok Mitra, Vice Chairman Pradipta Chakraborty, MCIC Mahesh Parakh, Vipul Kanti Ghosh and other councillors of Balurghat Municipality were present in this opening phase. The final and semi-final of this tournament will be held on the 16th. The enthusiasm of all present on the occasion of this game was palpable.
Ashok Mitra, chairman of the civic body said that at the motivation of the chief minister of the state such a tournament was initiated in which teams from 25 wards of the civic body would participate.