Sports Minister Dinesh Agarwal inaugurated a multipurpose sports hall at Maharana Pratap Sports stadium here on Thursday. The facility is developed at a cost of Rs 15 crores.
Speaking on the occasion, Agarwal said that the State has set up new milestones to develop sports infrastructure irrespective of the limited resources at its disposal.
He said the new hall has a volleyball court, two badminton courts, two boxing rings and judo and gymnastic arenas. The Minister said that the State Government is also determined to set up sports infrastructure in the mountainous areas. The Government has set up a sports college at Pithoragarh and sports college for women at Haldwani.
He said that foundation stone for setting up a multi purpose sports hall at Parade ground in Dehradun was recently laid and also a swimming pool in the pavilion ground was recently opened for public.
The Minister disclosed that two international cricket stadiums at Dehradun and Haldwani would be inaugurated in the month of November.
The Parliamentary Secretary and Rajpur road MlA, Rajkumar said that the Chief Minister and Sports Minister deserve appreciation for setting up sports infrastructure in the State. He said that the new facility at Raipur sports stadium would help sportspersons of State in achieving success at national and international events.
The Sports Minister inspected the ongoing construction works at Rajiv Gandhi international sports stadium and directed the officials that all pending works should be completed soon. He also directed that a committee should be set up which would recommend the names for Maharana Pratap Sports college society.
The programme was attended by sports secretary Shailesh Bagoli, former Chairman of State Mandi Parishad Pl Bahuguna, Joint director Sports Prashant Arya, deputy director Ajay Agarwal and others.