New Delhi: Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium will get six world-class squash courts. Today Union Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar, himself an avid squash player, laid the foundation stone of the squash courts at the stadium here.
The project has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 5.52 crores across an area of 750 square metres and has an estimated completion time of 6 months. The facility will have 6 single squash courts, of which 3 courts can be converted as doubles courts using movable walls.
Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju said that this 6 court squash facility was not only going to be World-class but also a Centre of Excellence – “Our effort is that players should not have to look around for facilities, we will provide them the facilities.”
Squash has been one of India’s most successful sports at the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, with the likes of Sourav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa winning laurels for the country.
– globalbihari bureau
