Meerut: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Meerut to lay the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University. The University is established at the Salawa and Kaili villages of the Sardhana town in Meerut at a cost of around Rs 700 crore.This University is “in line with PM’s vision of establishing world-class sporting infrastructure in all parts of the country.”
Sports University will be equipped with modern and state of art sports infrastructure. It also include a synthetic Hockey ground, Football ground, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Kabaddi ground, Lawn tennis court, Gymnasium hall, Synthetic running stadium, Swimming pool, Multipurpose hall, and a Cycling Velodrome.
It also have facilities for shooting, squash, Weightlifting, Gymnastics, Archery, Canoeing, and Kayaking among other facilities. It will have a capacity to train 1080 sports persons including 540 male and 540 female sports persons.
As the election dates are coming near, PM Modi also launched a myriad of projects in the poll-bound state of Uttar Pradesh. Recently he inaugurated a part of Kanpur metro, which was followed by the inauguration of the first phase of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
Earlier, he had also inaugurated the Purvanchal Expressway, Kushinagar Airport, and launched an AIIMS Gorakhpur developmental project. He also inaugurated the Sarayu Canal project in eastern UP.
Meanwhile, according to the Hindu, recently, Congress had requested the Election Commission to take an action against BJP as they accused the ruling party of using government launch programmes for poll campaigning and launch attacks on the opposition.
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