chennai a total of 375 children from government and nongovernmentfunded children homes under the department of social defence will participate in a statelevel annual sports meet and cultural events that is to be held on february 27 and 28 at the jawaharlal nehru stadium in kannappar thidal in periyamet the participants in the statelevel sports meet organised by the state government had won the first two positions in the zonal level competitions earlier the government sanctioned 25 lakh for conducting state level annual sports meet and cultural events for children of the 36 government and 147 nongovernmental organisation run children homes under the department of social defence for the year 20222023 the initiative was taken to identify the childrens talents and encourage them 38 tn districts were divided into four zones and various competitions