New stadiums in JandK to fulfil aspirations of budding athletes

New stadiums in JandK to fulfil aspirations of budding athletes

With an aim to bring sports at grass-root levels and to nurture the young talent from far flung areas of Kashmir Valley Government of India has allocated Rs 4 crore each for construction of indoor sports stadiums in all the 22 districts of the Union territory.

These stadiums would offer multi-utility sports facilities for the local youth to groom their talent.

One such indoor sports stadium is being constructed at Tral area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

The construction work is going on at full pace and will be completed soon.

Construction work is being executed by engineering wing of sports council.

Indoor stadiums will have facilities such as gymnasium, volleyball and badminton courts, and these projects have to be completed during the financial year 2019-2020.

Local sportspersons appreciated this step taken by the Centre as it will help local talent to showcase their potential in the country and world stage.