The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation is preparing a proposal for a large-scale sports complex near Raj Nagar Extension (RNE) with facilities for hosting around 30 different indoor sports, it said in a statement. Officials with knowledge of the matter said this on Wednesday.
The project plan has been sent to the state government for approval and the construction of the sports complex will take approximately INROfficials say the amount is $109 million.
The civic body owns approximately 51,000 square meters of land near the Karhera roundabout near the RNE, which was previously set aside as a political training center for people’s representatives. However, the project was canceled by the government in March 2023, and the land has remained vacant since then.
“The land will be made available to us after the political training institute project was cancelled. We are currently planning to develop a sports complex there at an estimated cost. INR190 million. Various indoor games will be held. The project report in this regard has been sent to the state government for approval. The funds will be managed through the state’s Smart City Mission,” said NK Chaudhary, chief engineer, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.
Under the Smart City Mission, several cities in Uttar Pradesh, including Ghaziabad, INR250 million in 5 years, that is. INR5 billion annually.
Ghaziabad was one of the seven municipal corporations in the state selected for this mission, along with Meerut, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Mathura Vrindavan, Firozabad and Shahjahanpur.
Officials said the corporation does not have specialized expertise in the maintenance and management of sports complexes, so they expect that once the project is completed, it will be maintained by a private company on a public-private partnership basis. Ta.
“The sports complex will also have a capacity for around 300 people and we estimate it could be built in around two years, subject to final approval.The site will be located near Hindon River Metro Station, Hindon Flyover, It is easily accessible from Raj Nagar Extension Road,” Chaudhary said.
According to officials, the complex will have sports facilities such as boxing, billiards, basketball, badminton, gymnastics, judo, kabaddi, shooting, lawn tennis, squash, swimming, weightlifting, taekwondo, wrestling and martial arts. It is said that
Officials believe that once the sports complex is completed, it will significantly boost sports activities in the city. Plans are also underway to build an international cricket stadium with a seating capacity of around 55,000 at Morti near Raj Nagar Extension.
