Delhi Prisons Dept Along With Indian Oil Corporation Inaugurates Project To Promote Sports In Jails

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Delhi Prisons Department in association with Indian Oil Corporation Limited on Saturday inaugurated a project to promote sports in jails, according to a statement. DG (Prisons) Sandeep Goel along with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Chairman Shrikant Madhav Vaidya inaugurated the ‘Parivartan – Prison to Pride’ project in Tihar’s central jail number five. IOCL will provide nine trainers to Delhi Prisons to train 80 inmates in basketball, volleyball, badminton, chess, carrom and kho-kho in jail number two, four, five, six and seven of Tihar, it said.