PALAKKAD:
Infusing fresh vigour to the sporting aspirations of the district by creating world class infrastructure, Minister for Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs, E P Jayarajan, will launch two major projects at Parli and Chittur on February 14.
The Minister will inaugurate the work on the Sports Facility Centre at Parli Government Higher Secondary School at 10 am. Later in the day, he will launch the work of the Sports Complex coming up at Chittur Government College grounds.
The Sports Facility Centre at Parli is being developed at 1.75 acre land at the possession of the Government Higher Secondary School there. While the Government has given administrative nod for Rs 10 crore to develop the centre, the state’s infrastructure financing agency KIIFB has sanctioned Rs 6.937 crore. The project will flaunt a world class mini football court, 200 metres of six-lane athletic synthetic track and a swimming pool with balancing tanks.
The Sports Complex at Chittur is coming up in an area of 8.53 acres, at the disposal of the Government College. The Government had given administrative sanction of Rs 14.35 crore for the scheme, proposed in the revised budget of 2016-17 and KIIFB had sanctioned Rs 5.54 crore for the scheme.
The Sports Complex will have a football ground of international standards, multi-purpose courts, one basketball court and a swimming pool. Both the projects, to be completed within an year, will have all the state-of-the art facilities to impart high quality training to aspiring sports talents and hosting events.
K V Vijayadas, MLA, will preside over the function at Parli. M B Rajesh, MP and District Panchayat President Santhakumari will be present. Minister for Water Resources, K Krishnankutty, will preside over the function at Chittur. P K Biju, MP, and Santhakumari K, District Panchayat President will be present.
Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, Sanjayan Kumar, will be present at both the functions.
These projects form part of the Government’s ambitious plan of developing modern stadiums and sports complexes across the state, giving a major push to sports development and creating improved training facilities for budding talents from the grass roots. These are also meant to increase local community participation in the sporting activities, a key component of the government’s sports policy.
