Sai Stadia to open for Schools, Colleges, Societies, Associations & Federations – Ajay Maken
Shri Ajay Maken , Union Minister of State (I/C), Youth affairs & Sports has announced the opening up of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Stadia in the Capital for use by Government Schools, Colleges, Universities, State federations, sports associations, Registered societies and clubs at a nominal rate of Rs 1000. While National federations will be charged Rs. 5000 for their competitions, Private institutions and Corporates will also be able use the Sporting infrastructure at premium charges, Shri Maken said this at a press conference here today. Shri Maken underlined that the use thereof will remain restricted to Sporting events, competitions and activities. He however added that the weight lifting auditorium in the JLN Stadium Complex will be opened for non-sporting activities and the tariff and other conditions for the same were in the process of being worked out.
After opening up of the SAI Stadia for the use of children, students and the people at large under the Come & Play scheme- an initiative that saw about 13,000 sports enthusiasts participating in various sports like Swimming, Hockey, Cricket, Badminton, Cycling, Gymnastics and Shooting etc- in May this year, the current proposal will firmly put the legacy utilization plan for the CWG 2010 infrastructure in the domain of public utilization, Shri Maken hoped.
The Sports minister informed that soon after taking charge of the Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports, he had set up a committee of sports person with Secretary, sports as its chairperson to suggest the way forward for the utilization of the CWG 2010 infrastructure, and it was in line with its recommendations that these initiatives were being taken.
It was decided that the Stadia will be used for,
1. People at large under the Come & Play Scheme.
2. Holding of Competitions by Schools, Colleges and other stake holders and
3. Establishing Training Centres/ Academies for various disciplines.
The Come & Play scheme was not only running successfully in the Capital but had also been introduced in over 80 SAI facilities across the Country. A national level competition of the participants of the scheme was also scheduled to be held in Delhi in January next year. Similarly, the SAI governing body had approved the setting up of Centre for training in Hockey at a cost of Rs 25 Cr in the MDC National Stadium Complex.
It has been now decided to open up these Stadia complexes for Sporting activities and a detailed tariff structure has been finalized which is available on the website of Sports Authority of India www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in. The detailed category wise tariff is available as Annexure.
The response of various organizations for making use of the Stadia for sporting activities has been very encouraging and some of the events which have already taken place or are planned in the future are as follows:
JLN Stadia Complex: Airtel Half Marathon, Air Force Station Sports Control Board, All India Football Federation for SAFF Championship, AIFF for International Football match between Bayern Munich and best of India, Delhi Police, Indian Navy Sports Control Board, YMCA, Father Angel School etc.
MDC National Stadium: LB Shastri Hockey Tournament, JL Nehru Hockey Tournament, National Camps for Men and Women, PNB Team coaching, Olympic Qualifier Tournament, International matches between India and South Africa/Azerbaizan etc.
IG Stadia Complex: Asian Junior Chess Championship, National Sub-Junior Badminton Championship, National Camp for Basketball for Junior/ Senior both Men and Women, National Camps for Gymnastics for both Men and Women etc.
Dr SPMSPC: National Swimming Coaching Camp, Delhi State Sub- Junior/Junior Aquatics Championship, Delhi State Open Tiny Tot Swimming Championship, Delhi State Swimming Championship, Delhi State Veteran’s Swimming Championship, KVS National Swimming Sports Meet for Girls etc.
KSSR: National Camp for Men and Women in all events, Haryana State Shooting Championship etc.
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