DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Home and Health Minister, Sh. Anil Vij said that Haryana has become the sports hub, and maximum games are played in the State. Despite having only 1.3 percent of the country's total area, the State players have won the maximum number of medals, out of all total medals that India won in the Olympics. Since players of the State have a great passion for winning a maximum number of medals, better infrastructure is being made available to them, added Sh. Anil Vij. The Home Minister was speaking after inaugurating the State Championship swimming competitions at War Heroes Stadium, Ambala Cantonment on Saturday. He said that in this state-level swimming competition, he hopes that the State players will emerge as the winners and win a maximum number of medals. He said that in the last more than seven years, an amount of Rs. 454 crores have been spent to provide better sports infrastructure to the players. Work is being done to build multipurpose halls and new stadiums in many places, added. Sh. Vij. The Home Minister said that when he was the Sports Minister, he had formulated a new sports policy for the sportspersons. This sports policy is being appreciated all over India. Other states are also following this policy. He said that to win an Olympic medal, nurturing sports talent since childhood is of utmost priority, and realizing the same 1000 sports nurseries were opened in the schools. The Home Minister said that the all-weather swimming pool and gymnastics hall of international standard and badminton hall had been constructed in Ambala. Apart from this, work is also being done to a build FIFA-approved football stadium of international level. (editor@dailyworld.in)