The necessary construction work of the international sports stadium coming up in Haldwani should be completed by January 30 at any cost, said the Nainital district magistrate Deepak Rawat while addressing the engineers and officials concerned here on Sunday. The DM was visiting the site of the under construction stadium here to check the status of work on the stadium which is slated to be inaugurated on February 28 with the launch of the Continental Wrestler Entertainment (CWE) pro-wrestling championship by WWE wrestler Daleep Singh Rana alias the Great Khali.
During his site visit, the district magistrate said that the construction of the spectator gallery with capacity to seat 15,000 persons in this international stadium will be completed by Januay 20. Apart from this, separate arrangement is also being made to seat another 3,000 spectators closer to the wrestling ring. The DM further informed that after construction of the viewers gallery is completed, the task of laying sand and other materials and leveling the sports ground will be completed in a period of 10 days. Rawat expressed dissatisfaction at the slow pace of construction of the retiring room for the wrestlers coming here to participate in the show, green room, changing room, toilets and other facilities. Pulling up the officials concerned for the slow pace of construction, the DM said that the retiring room for players and related facilities are also necessary for holding the planned event here. Directing the officials to ensure timely completion of the construction of these facilities within the stipulated time period, Rawat also directed the officials concerned to ensure construction of proper parking facility and construction of the motor road leading to the venue of the show. During his visit to the stadium site, the DM also inspected construction work at the under construction helidrome adjoining the international sports stadium here. Expressing satisfaction at the work of the executing agency- the Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam limited, the DM directed the project manager CK Saklani to make sure that the finishing work is completed within a period of one week. He further informed that the operation of flights for lake viewing had been at present started from the helipad. Flights will also be conducted from here for the Himalaya Darshan scheme in the future. The DM also directed the officials concerned to work on the landscape and plantation of attractive flora around the helidrome. The chief development officer lalit Mohan Rayal, city magistrate Harbir Singh, sub divisional magistrate Pankaj Upadhyay and assistant sports director Akhtar Ali were also among those present during the DM’s inspection.