Project Director of Local Organising Committee of 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup Joy Bhattacharya said, “Mission XI Million has helped us gauge the massive popularity that the game enjoys in the country, because of the simple reasonit doesn’t take a lot of resources and through Mission XI Million, it is also accessible to more students”.
A Govt. of India and the All India Football Federation project, the MXIM festivals are gathering more steam as the tournament approaches. The project hopes to take football to eleven million Indian kids before the World Cup commences. More than 6 million kids have been reached so far as a part of this project.
A Mission XI Million festival will be held in the beautiful city of Chandigarh tomorrow.