India’s largest hockey stadium in a yr: Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra

By Express News Service
ROURKELA: The world-class hockey stadium – billed as India’s largest – to host the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 at Rourkela could be prepared in a yr, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra introduced right here on Tuesday. The stadium will come up on Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) campus. Mohapatra, who visited the proposed stadium website on BPUT campus on the day, mentioned after the world cup, the stadium could be utilized by the Sports division for growth of hockey. 

“On the instruction of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, we visited the site to expedite work for the country’s largest stadium to host world cup matches as the second venue after Bhubaneswar. Considered the cradle of hockey, Sundargarh district would get much-needed global exposure through the showpiece event,” he mentioned. 

Twenty-five days after Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik introduced to arrange a world-class and India’s largest hockey stadium at Rourkela to host the Men’s Hockey World Cup a high-level authorities staff on Tuesday visited the proposed stadium website. Accompanied by chairman of Western Odisha Development Council Asit Tripathy, 5T Secretary V Karthikeyan Pandian, Works Secretary Krishan Kumar and Special Secretary to Sports R Vineel Krishna, Mohapatra arrived at Rourkela airport earlier on the day and drove to BPUT. 

The Chief Secretary mentioned the staff mentioned the construction of the stadium, provision for parking house, entry and exit factors in addition to lodging for gamers. An in depth plan and design could be accredited shortly and work is prone to begin from April.  The BPUT campus has ample house of round 150 acre. Nearly 15 acre in a single nook of the campus could be used for the stadium. The venture would additionally present a lift to BPUT with posting of recent professors and lecturers in addition to introduction of recent technical programs and ability growth actions. 

Among others, Sundargarh Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, Rourkela MLA and District Planning Committee chairman Sarada Prasad Nayak and Rourkela ADM Aboli Sunil Naravane have been current.