Agartala, Aug 11, 2022, Prasenjit Chakraborty/ TT

Key Highlights

Four synthetic football turfs to be opened soon, Rs. 70-cr proposal sent to Centre for development of Dasharath Dev Stadium, Advt for recruitment of 100 Junior PIs to be issued in next one week, Multipurpose indoor hall to be set up at every district.

Agartala, Aug 11: Tripura Youth Affairs and Sports minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Thursday said the state would witness a robust change in the sports infrastructure in the next one year.
 
Addressing a press conference, Chowdhury highlighted various on-going projects across the state to develop the sports infrastructure.
 
He said, earlier the state was lacking in sports infrastructure but the present state government has been focusing on the infrastructural development in the sports sector so that the state’s players can represent at national and international levels.
 
Four synthetic football turfs at Umakanta mini stadium, S.M Colony at Jirania sub-division, Tulakuna at Mohanpur and Belonia would soon be inaugurated in one go, he said, adding that Union Sports minister Anurag Thakur would remain present along with Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha. The four synthetic football turfs (1+ category) have been constructed under the Special Assistance scheme.
 
“Works for a synthetic football turf at Chandrapur in Gomati district already completed while another at Khowai is nearing completion. One more synthetic football turf would come up at Jampuijala. Apart from this, the state government sanctioned three football turfs for ADC areas also,” he said.
 
Sharing more details, he said, work for athletic turf at Dashrath Dev stadium in Badharghat is already underway while another athletic turf has been sanctioned by the central government.
 
One swimming pool is nearing completion in the state and it is likely to be inaugurated in the next month, he said, adding that as decided by the state cabinet, 100 Junior Physical Instructors would soon be recruited and the advertisement would be issued in one week.
 
“We have initiated a proposal to the government of India for the infrastructural development and all curriculum activities at Dasharath Dev Stadium. A DPR of Rs. 70 crore has been prepared and sent to the central government. Hopefully, they will look into the matter on an installment basis,” Chowdhury told the media.
 
According to Chowdhury, fund of Rs. 17.5 crore was sanctioned during his recent meeting with the Union Sports Minister. He said, the administrative sanction has been given and the fund would be released after some formalities.
 
A hockey synthetic turf at Dashrath Dev Stadium in Badharghat, one Athletic Turf at Panisagar and one Football Turf at Jampuijala would be constructed from this fund.  
 
He said that multipurpose indoor hall would be constructed at every district to nurture local talents and a team of Sports Authority of India (SAI) had already visited the proposed sites.
 
The Sports minister also said that one 100-bedded hostel has already been constructed at the Regional College of Physical Education, Panisagar and 50 open gyms would be introduced in various places across the state.
 
Speaking to the media, the Sports minister said that a programme would be organized at Agartala Town Hall on August 14 where eminent sportspersons would be felicitated and the kin of brave hearts from Tripura who laid their lives in service to the nation recently would be honoured.