Varanasi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a surprise inspection in his parliamentary constituency on Tuesday night. He reached Sigra Stadium late at night and inspected the indoor sports complex there. After this, he stayed overnight at Bareka Guest House. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also present with the Prime Minister during the inspection. The double engine government is building a National Centre of Excellence Stadium in Kashi to hone the players of Purvanchal.
Almost all sports will be played in the stadium and players of all the sports will be trained. Now the players of Purvanchal will not have to go far to play. Sports lovers will get to see international level matches in Varanasi itself. Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium is being redeveloped. The buildings of the stadium will be green buildings.
On the initiative of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in collaboration with ‘Khelo India’ and ‘Smart City’, MHPL India Private Limited Kanpur built it first in record time on EPC mode on ‘to build’ method. It will have facilities to play more than 20 indoor games like badminton, handball, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, weightlifting, squash. There will also be an Olympic level swimming pool and a warm-up pool.
A banquet hall will also be built along with gym, spa, yoga center, pool billiards and cafeteria. The multi-level modern indoor stadium is being built keeping in mind the standards of para sports, so that para sports competitions can also be held here. The work of the first phase of the stadium has been completed. The work of the second and third phase is proposed to be completed by July.
Tags: Narendra Modi, Yogi Aditya Nath
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 18, 2024, 23:47 IST