GTA head Binay Tamang has drawn up elaborate plans to showcase
Darjeeling as a destination for football enthusiasts and build
infrastructure to popularise the sports for visitors, along with the
world famous Darjeeling Tea and its landscape.
The plan, he said,
includes resumption of the famous gold cup tournament in the hills,
invite to football clubs of India and abroad and visit countries like
Germany and Spain to bring in investments for of sports infrastructure.
“We
want people to visit Darjeeling for its tourist attractions, tea and
football. The hills were once known to be a soccer hub and the
prestigious gold cup tournament was held every year. It was back in 1985
that the tourney was held for the last time. After 25 years, we want to
revive the glory and hence, planned to host the GTA Chairman Gold Cup
that would commence in the hills soon,” said Tamang.
He was speaking at an interactive session organised by the North Bengal zonal council of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Tamang
said 16 teams from different parts of India and also from some of the
neighbouring countries had expressed interest in the tournament so far.
“The tournament that has been planned after a gap of so many years is
fast drawing attention of football clubs from across the country,” said
Tamang.
The Telegraph
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