Rono Hills, Jun 23: Education Minister Taba Tedir inaugurated a mini Indoor Sports Hall and Shooting Range in the Rajiv Gandhi University on the occasion of 74th International Olympic Day today.
Tedir, who is also the President of the Arunachal Olympic Association said that the facility will bring out new talents and would provide future national and international Olympic participants for the state. He also shared how the Assam Rifles have set up a firing range at a Higher Secondary School in Changlang. 
IGP-cum-President Arunachal Shooting Association, Chukhu Apa shared his experiences with shooting and said that shooting is one of the best forms of meditation. This would definitely benefit the students as well as the faculties to lessen the stress and would help them to focus on their careers, he said.
The inauguration of the Shooting Range was initiated by Dr. Tadang Minu, faculty member of the Department of Physical Education. Sharing the idea behind developing the facility, Minu mentioned that she was prompted by watching young men using air-guns to kill birds which was unquestionably wrong. 
"Now with this facility they can get professional training without harming the birds and get acknowledgement and recognition for the talents. The main aim of the Shooting Range is to save animals to divert the hunters to games," she said.

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