Fourth State level women’s sports meet organised by Panchayat Yuva Krida Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) under aegis of Youth Welfare department was inaugurated by the State Youth Welfare and Sports minister Dinesh Aggarwal at Mini Stadium Raipur here on Tuesday.
Dinesh Agarwal said that the sports meet is organised with the purpose of encouraging players of the different parts of the Uttarakhand so that the players can get good platform for showing their talent and also make the State proud. He said that with its limited resources, the State is working to encourage sports and sportspersons in Uttarakhand by taking various steps.
He also said that for encouraging sports in Dehradun, first international level of cricket stadium will be established in Dehradun with the help of ONGC and on November 24 Bhumi Pujan of the stadium will conducted.
He also said that this project will be done in two years and around Rs 237 crores are going to be spent on this project. Facilities for day and night matches will also be provided and international level club houses will also be built in the stadium. The Government of India has provided funds for construction of a multi purpose sports hall at Kashipur costing Rs 600 lakh and for an astroturf hockey field at Maharana Pratap Sports College in Dehradun costing Rs 500 lakh.
The minister informed that under the 13th finance commission, Rs 250 crore had been approved for construction of an international level stadium and sports complex at Haldwani in Nainital district.