visakhapatnam a police officers passion for sports has become a source of encouragement for the budding tribal boys who have now improved their performance in athletics a circle inspector rank officer adopted four tribal boys of ap tribal welfare residential junior college in maredmilli who have won many competitions and are now ready to show their talent in the state tournament maredmilli inspector addanki srinivasa rao adopted the intermediate students who were from poor farm labourer families after witnessing their talent he has been providing needed diet and sports equipment to the tribal students for the past four months to prepare them for the statelevel meet p naga suresh 1500 meters a uday kiran reddy 1500 meters j durga prasad javelin and m babi reddy shotput were selected for the school state meet to be held in srikakulam district from friday tribal boys have natural talent but they need financial support and a proper diet to excel in state and nationallevel competitions i have been observing them for the past six months and they have been showing better results day by day so i decided to provide them with better coaching and material besides diet with my own money srinivasa rao said a former national hockey player srinivasa rao has been providing material and training to young sportsmen in the district for the past two decades he is providing physical training to another 14 youngsters who are preparing for the general duty constable exams in paramilitary forces he has been organising hockey tournaments at district state and even national levels now he is focused on the young tribal talent by giving them encouragement with needed equipment he says the tribal belt in the undivided east godavari now part of alluri sitarama raju district is a talent pool