Punjab Government would set up a state-of-the-art 10-meter indoor shooting range in Mohali Phase-VI which would be handed over to the shooters for honing their skills by March 31, 2020.
The foundation stone of the shooting range, which would come up at a cost of Rs 8.18 crore, was laid on Tuesday by Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi and Cabinet Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu.
Sodhi said that the Punjab Government is undertaking whole hearted efforts to uplift the sporting standards in the State. Apart from a Sports University at Patiala, sports sphere is being strengthened at the infrastructural level, he said.
A shooting range at Mohali is already functioning whereas the new 10-meter indoor shooting range would be of Olympics standards, he said adding that the range would be twin-storied having 80 targets and fully air conditioned equipped with the electronic scoreboard facility.
Sodhi said that the new range, coming up at a cost of Rs 8.18 crore, would be completed by March 31, 2020, after which it would be ready for practice by the shooters.
He said that currently, the projects worth more than Rs 100 crore are underway in Punjab which comprises Hockey Astroturf, Athletics Track and Multipurpose Indoor Hall.