KD Singh Babu Stadium and Chowk Stadium in Lucknow will undergo a major facelift as part of the Smart City program.
The Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Sports, Navneet Sehgal said that within two days he will finalize the estimate of the sports infrastructure that will come up at KD Singh Babu Stadium.
“I have been coming to the stadium for many years and have played cricket here. I will visit the stadium again with the divisional commissioner to discuss the plans,” he said.
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Sehgal, who recently took over sports from ACS, also asked sporting director RP Singh about the facilities needed and said he wanted to make the stadium look grand.
He also reviewed facilities for badminton, weightlifting and boxing players.
He said the old building was a sports heritage and should be turned into a sports museum and a library, while a new multi-storey sports management building with high-tech facilities would be built near the sports ground. basketball and cricket ground.
“The boxing ring will be completely modernized with sheds and rest chairs. The three courts in the badminton room will be synthetic courts with good lighting. A synthetic track will be set up on the main pitch of the stadium. The weightlifting room will be properly air-conditioned and embellished with a false ceiling.
He said that to solve the space problems, an underground car park would be provided under the cricket training ground.
“Shell sheds, chairs, toilets and water purifiers will be provided at each sports field. A fully air-conditioned auditorium and sports annex will also be built,” he said, adding that the hostel would also be air-conditioned.
“I will focus on upgrading the sports infrastructure keeping in mind the requirements of the players so that they don’t suffer any inconvenience,” Sehgal added.
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