The State Government is paying special attention to promotion of sports and sportspersons and its infrastructure development. It is the result of facilities provided to players by Sports and Youth Welfare Department that Madhya Pradesh has become pioneer in sports.
In the series, stadiums, sports training centres, multi-purpose halls, mini stadiums, swimming pools etc. are being in various districts of the State at a cost of about Rs 17.10 crore.
A sum of Rs 44.66 lakh is being spent on stadium construction at Banda in Sagar district, Rs 21 lakh on various construction and development works in Datia district, Rs 2.90 crore on Jawahar Nagar Stadium in Satna district, Rs 25 lakh on stadium at Jawad in Neemuch district and Rs 52 lakh on construction of stadium at Kundam in Jabalpur district. In the same series, Rs 75.20 lakh and Rs 17.80 lakh is being spent on indoor stadiums’ construction in Khandwa and Gwalior districts, respectively.
Besides, a total of Rs 40 lakh on mini stadium in Chhatarpur district, Rs 25 lakh in Narsinghpur and Rs 47 lakh is being spent on construction of mini stadium in Dindori district.
Total Rs 77 lakh is being spent on construction of multi-purpose hall in Jhabua district and Rs 59.66 lakh in indoor multi-purpose hall at Garhakota in Sagar district. Construction of district sports training centres costing Rs 2.61 crore is under progress at Mhow, Satna, Khargone and Pawai (Panna district). A total of Rs 5 lakh is being spent on swimming pool construction in Rajgarh district and Rs 49 lakh in Betul district. Besides, Rs 99.86 lakh and Rs 78.10 lakh is being spent on cricket stadiums at Narsinghpur and Ranital, Jabalpur, respectively.
A sum of Rs 3.64 crore is being spent on laying synthetic hockey surface at district sports complex, Betul. Similarly, first installment worth Rs 76.53 lakh has been released for construction of synthetic hockey ground at Seoni.