Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the redevelopment of the historic Barabati stadium in Cuttack and laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of VSS cricket stadium in Sambalpur, Tuesday.
Patnaik also inaugurated cricket facilities at Berhampur Sports Complex, Shree Jagannath Cricket Stadium and Women’s Cricket Academy in Puri, Sports Complex in Jajpur, Cricket Ground in Jharsuguda and 41 cricket academies developed across the state by OCA.
He also announced that an Integrated Sports Complex will be created at Sitalapalli in Berhampur which will include facilities for athletics, football, cricket and an indoor stadium to cater to the needs of sportspersons in the region.
The CM inaugurated the Ganjam Weightlifting Academy along with the 200-seat hostel making it the largest weightlifting training facility in the country. He said it is a tribute to the popularity of weightlifting in Ganjam, which produced so many weightlifters.
Several sports infrastructure in Jajpur like Kusuma Complex Swimming Pool, Hockey Training Centre, a multipurpose indoor stadium, athletic track and football ground were inaugurated.
On this occasion, the CM also laid the foundation stone for integrated sports complexes at Bargarh and Dhenkanal, which includes various facilities like athletic tracks, swimming pools, football grounds and cricket ground.
The program was conducted across 50 venues over videoconferencing and a large number of sportspersons participated in the program. OCA members, including president Pranab Prakash Das, Sports and Youth Services Minister Tushar Kanti Behera and a huge number of cricketers participated in the program at Barabati stadium.
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