noida the youth welfare department is all set to organise the districts first statelevel sports meet in gautam budh nagar from september 23 to 25 some 564 sportspersons will participate in athletics volleyball kabaddi and wrestling competitions during the event the up sports minister will inaugurate the event that is aimed at supporting the potential of athletes from western up districts according to officials earlier only lucknow hosted such statelevel eventsrishi kumar of the youth welfare department said it will be held at noida college of physical education in dadri earlier many sportspersons from the region could not participate in the competition as they could not afford to travel to lucknow now they will be able to showcase their talent in the district itselfover 564 participants from districts like saharanpur baghpat and meerut are expected to join the event we have arranged a pickup service at the ghaziabad railway station from september 21 to ensure their smooth travel to the venue and hostel he said