State Government would establish a Tennis Academy for imparting technical training to the budding tennis players at Capital city, Raipur.
The infrastructure construction cost is Rs 13 crore as per the estimation. Chief Minister through the current fiscal year first supplementary Budget has sanctioned Rs 1 crore for it.
Sports and Youth Welfare department officers intimated that the process of establishing the Tennis Academy has commenced. Earlier state government in fiscal year 2015-15 at Capital city Raipur had sanctioned the hockey and archery Academy. The local players are undergoing training in these academies. State government had sanctioned posts of 15 trainers for hockey and archery. After filling of these posts, the sports academy would have boarding facilities.
Additional to it, the officials said that at divisional headquarter of Bilaspur at cost of Rs 112 crores, State Sports Training Centre is under construction. The administrative sanction of the fund has been already given. The State Sports Training Centre would have both indoor and outdoor stadiums. The centre has athletic track, synthetic hockey ground along with indoor sports facilities. The budget allocation and sanction of posts have been already given in earlier budgets. The state government has also released the 2017-18 state sports policy.