December 02, 2008

SAIL RSP sponsors two for special Olympics at Shanghai

Statesman News Service reported that Steel Authority of India Limited’s Rourkela Steel Plant is sponsoring two students of Home and Hope, an institution for the mentally challenged, patronized by RSP, to participate in the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held at Sanghai in China, from October 2nd to October 11th 2007.

The students are Mr Firoz Alam and Mr MV Biswanath, who have won laurels in national level sporting events. Mr Firoz was selected on the basis of his performance in the Special Olympics National Games held at Jamshedpur in November 2006, in which he made 26 goals in handball. Mr Biswanath had bagged two gold and one silver medals in cycling events in the Special Olympics National Games held in Raibareily in October 2006.