After the Tokyo Olympics where India produced it’s richest-ever medal haul and the finest performance of all time, the Jharkhand Government too has decided to promote sports activity among youngsters.
The State Government in this direction has decided to first develop playgrounds and open spaces.
In this connection, a meeting of the Urban Development and Housing Department was chaired by State Urban Development Agency Director Amit Kumar. Representatives from municipal bodies attended the meeting online, where Amit Kumar directed municipal officials to submit the list of playgrounds in their area which can be developed. The director asked municipal officials to submit the list within a week.
As per the directives issued by the State Urban Development Agency, the Municipal Corporation has been directed to submit three playgrounds which can be developed. Municipal council and Nagar Panchayat too have been asked to submit the list of playgrounds which can be developed.
The Urban Development and Housing Department has decided on playgrounds after the Chief Minister stressed on the needs of promotion of sports and improvement of sports infrastructure in the State.
As per Urban Development, those playgrounds in the City where children play will be developed. If the playground is of other departments, then it will either be transferred to Urban development or developed after taking NOC. The playground will have a walking and jogging track. There will be facilities for seating arrangement, drinking water and adequate lighting at the playground. Moreover, special emphasis will be given on developing the green space at the playground.
At the meeting it was also decided that concrete work will not be allowed on the ground unnecessarily, while at the same time reducing the size of the ground in the name of beautification will not be allowed.
Earlier, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has promised to provide world-class infrastructure to players in Jharkhand. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, three players were part of the Indian contingent. Archer Deepika Kumari represented the Country in the Olympics, while Nikki Pradhan and Salima Tete were part of the Indian Women Hockey Team.
Apart from this, the sports department is working on plans to set up village-level clubs named after tribal freedom fighter duo Sidho-Kanho across the State to encourage talent at the grassroots levels.
Apart from the sports ground, the government has stressed on the plan to construct electric crematoriums in all the cities. There have been proposals for construction of electric based crematoriums for some cities, but proposals related to this have been sought from all the cities within a week.
The Director of the State Urban Agencies also directed all the bodies to mark the place for the vending zone and send the proposal within a week.