47 model stadia ready in Jalandhar district, 9 more to be completed soon

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 17

In a major boost to sports activities in rural areas, the district administration, Jalandhar, has completed the construction of 47 state-of-the-art playgrounds-cum-stadiums in six development blocks while remaining nine were in the final phase and expected to be completed within the next 15 days.

Presiding over a review meeting, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori, accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Jaspreet Singh, said a total of 56 playgrounds/stadiums were started in the district, of which 47 have been completed successfully. Of the 47 playgrounds, three were constructed in Rurkan Kalan block, followed by three each in Adampur and Mehatpur blocks, four each in Nurmahal, Lohian, and Phillaur, five in Bhogpur. Thori mentioned that the government had approved a total of Rs. 447.51 lakh for this entire project out of which an amount of nearly Rs. 357.18 lakh have already been incurred on 47 model playgrounds under MGNREGA and Convergence. These playgrounds included volleyball & basketball courts, football grounds, multipurpose stadiums and others.