Fourth Khelo India Winter Games to begin in Leh, Ladakh

The fourth Khelo India Winter Games will start today at Leh in Ladakh. Union Minister Nisith Pramanik will inaugurate the five-day-long event in Leh. This edition is being hosted jointly by Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir in two parts. The first part of this edition is being hosted by the Ladakh at Leh.

Six hundred athletes from 15 States and Union Territories are participating in the two sporting events namely Ice Hockey and Ice Speed Skating games in this first part of the Khelo India Winter Games. In Ice Hockey, four Women’s teams and eight men’s teams are taking part. The second part of the game is scheduled from 21 to 25 of this month in Kashmir Valley.