PIB says NSS campaign week combined village service and traditional sports

A Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports release said the sixth week of the My Bharat-NSS drug-free youth campaign held “Gram Seva and Traditional Sports Day” activities in villages. The PIB release said the initiative was implemented through the NSS Directorate and 15 regional directorates at more than 160 institutions and their adopted villages, with more than 80,000 participants.

According to the release, traditional-sports events including kabaddi, kho-kho, tug of war and wrestling drew more than 21,500 participants. It also reported village-service activities such as street cleaning, sanitation around public wells and hand pumps, and plantation drives, with more than 19,800 participants. These figures are official claims in the PIB release.