The curtain raiser of the second edition of the `Slum Daud` was yesterday evening was led by the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel. The Chief guest of the occasion was Vijay Amritraj.

On May 26the  first edition of the Slum Daud was held. Goel said, "This would enable us to gather the youth and know about their skills and ideas. We would organise mini-fests in slums with the themes of Swachhta, Digital India, BetiBachaoBetiPadao etc."

"We will aim at creating model slums and create groups of youth who will work as agents of change to work for the development of their respective slums/areas," Goel added.
 Vijay Amritraj said, "Our youth has tremendous potential to bring changes in the society and must work tirelessly to hone their skills and work for nation building; sports is something that entices the youth and they must take it up as a career too."

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