In Chhattisgarh, the 24th National Vanvasi Sports Competition held in Raipur concluded today. In the final match of football, Santhal Pargana won the title by defeating Kerala by four goals to one in a tie-breaker. Kerala’s team was the runner-up and Jharkhand’s team secured the third position. Mainly football and archery matches were held in this competition. A total of 579 tribal boys and girls from twenty-nine states of the country and Nepal participated in the National Vanvasi Sports competition.

National President of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Satyendra Singh attended the closing ceremony as the chief guest and presented awards to the winning teams. Talking to the Akashvani News, the National Sports Head of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram Phul Tshering Lepcha said that this Competition was held in Raipur from 28th to 31st December.