Dehradun, May 5 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday inaugurated the renovated ice rink at Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur, Dehradun.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the renovated ice rink at Maharana Pratap Sports College is a big achievement not only for Uttarakhand but for the whole of India.

CM Dhami said that the state government decided to restart this rink to establish Uttarakhand as a sports land.

"South-Eastern Asian Winter Games were held in this ice skating rink built in the year 2011, in which players from many countries like India, as well as Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka participated. Later, no attention was paid to this rink due to which this was closed, but our government de...