It seems that the State Government has got into an action mode for the 38 National Games which would be organised in the State in the year 2016. The Minister of Forests and Sports Dinesh Agarwal made inspection of the existing facilities and construction activities at Sports College, Raipur on Tuesday.
Agarwal visited the site of construction of Rajiv Gandhi international stadium and sports complex in Raipur and directed the officials to be ready for hosting the mega event. The mega stadium is being constructed by the Shaporeji Paloonji construction company with an estimated cost of Rs37 Crores. The Minister also reviewed the exiting sports facilities like Badminton and boxing arenas of the sports college and recommended alterations so that these facilities can be used for the purpose of National Games. Agarwal also discussed with the senior officers about the possible venues of the mega sporting event.
It was learnt that the state government is planning to use the proposed Rajiv Gandhi international sports stadium as the main venue of the event similarly the Tehri lake could be the venue of water sports. The Minister also hinted that apart from Dehradun and Haldwani some events can be hosted in places like Rishikesh and Haridwar. The Minister directed the officials to tighten their belts for hosting the National games and warned that the Government would not tolerate any laxity in this regard. The Minister was accompanied by the Sports Secretary Amit Negi, Director sports Shailesh Bagoli, district sports officer SK Sarki and other sport officials.