Collector Thakur Ram Singh on Thursday visited Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium at Parsada village and issued necessary directives regarding preparations being made for the Champions league Twenty20 matches to be played here from September 13 onwards.
Accompanied by the Raipur Superintendent of Police, OP Pal, the Collector inspected the arrangements for seating, flood light, pavilion, ground and parking.
They also later held a meeting with the officers of different departments engaged with various preparations at the stadium. Singh also held a discussion with the officers regarding route chart for entry of players, spectators and VIPs besides the catering staff.
He directed the officers of Public Works Department (PWD) to put number on seats, put barricades and perform maintenance and repair according to need and make arrangement for lighting around the stadium.
He asked the Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) for levelling of parking place, installation of barricades, lighting, hoarding with route directions, and construction of a temporary road from main road to the parking place.
Singh directed the Forest department officials to provide bamboo and other material for barricading.The Collector also inspected the parking places at Navagaon and Parsada and issued instructions regarding parking of two-wheeler and four-wheeler.
Pal said that the Champions league matches will be directly telecast across the world and hence all the departments should work with coordination for success of the event.
Additional Collector Mahadev Kavre, ADM Sanjay Agrawal, and officers of NRDA, PWD, Forest department, Health and other concerned departments were also present.