Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday directed to explore the possibilities to set up astro turf hockey field at Bilaspur, besides extending and widening the Indira Stadium at Rohru.
The Chief Minister presided over a meeting of State Sports Council here.
He said that the work on Katasani cricket stadium would soon be started as the land had been handed over to the Sports Department.
He directed the officers concerned to expedite the work on the stadium. The Katasani stadium near Ghanahatti in Shimla would be developed for football, hockey and cricket games.
During the meeting, it was approved to prepare proposal to engage grounds-men and other class IV staff for upkeep of the stadiums at Una, Hamirpur, Rohru and Bilaspur.
The Chief Minister approved adequate funds for upkeep of synthetic athletic tracks for sports stadiums at Una, Hamirpur and Dharamsala.
He also directed to do the re-mapping of Una sports stadium and also asked for proper maintenance of the stadium.
Virbhadra Singh directed to provide adequate budget to the sportsperson who gets injured or falls ill through Sports Welfare Fund.
He also asked to enhance the funds for the State level Junior Tournaments under the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan and to provide more funds for district tournaments taking into consideration the number of participants.
He added that adequate sports infrastructure was being developed to facilitate the sportsperson in the State.