Highlights
- Bhopal to host Khelo India Youth Games in 2022-23
- Shivraj cabinet gave its approval, budget was also approved
- International Sports Complex will be constructed on 20.42 hectare land in Nathu Barkheda
- The minister said that Bhopal is making its mark as a sports hub.
Many important decisions have been taken in the Shivraj cabinet meeting in MP (Madhya Pradesh News). Bhopal will host the Khelo India Youth Games in the year 2022-23. The cabinet has given approval in this regard. In the first phase of Khelo India scheme, the Council of Ministers has also approved the establishment of an international sports complex on 20.42 hectares of land at village Nathu Barkheda. A total budget of Rs 215 crore has been approved for the entire event.
Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that Bhopal is now making its mark as a sports hub. Hosting Khelo India is not only an opportunity for us to showcase our skills but also a challenge. He said that in the first phase, about Rs 176.59 crore would be spent on the construction and equipment of the International Sports Complex to be constructed at village Nathu Barkheda, Bhopal. This work will be done in three phases, in which the first phase includes organizing Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 in Bhopal.
He said that the sports complex has a football stadium with a capacity of about 10,000, two hockey stadiums with a capacity of four thousand, parking, internal and service roads, landscaping, horticulture, solar panels, boundary walls, gates, guardrooms, sewage systems, street lights etc. Will be equipped
Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia informed that Indoor Sports Complex will be constructed in village Nathu Barkheda Bhopal in the second phase and cricket stadium in the third phase. Rs 23.38 crore will be spent for Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 in Bhopal and Rs 15.56 crore will be spent on its operation and maintenance after construction of the International Sports Complex.
Along with this, 68 posts have also been approved for this, in which provision has been made to fill 21 regular posts and 47 posts on contract basis. It is worth noting that during the Tokyo Olympics, many players of MP have performed excellently this time. The government is emphasizing on developing resources to promote sports.
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