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GANGTOK: Paljor Stadium in Gangtok will be upgraded to Khelo India Centre of Excellence (KISCE) with Centre allotting Rs. 7.91 crore for the upgradation.
The Sports ministry, in a bid to groom talent for future Olympic Games, on Saturday announced Paljor Stadium along with six other facilities across India – State Sports Academy, Sarusajai, Guwahati; JNS Complex, Shillong; New Sports Complex, Silvassa; Madhya Pradesh State Academy; and Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune – to be upgraded for the financial year 2020-21 and four subsequent years and sanctioned Rs. 67.32 crore as financial support.
The support provided to the centres will include upgradation of infrastructure along with setting up of sports science centres and providing quality coaches and sports science human resources like physiotherapists, strength and conditioning experts. The academies will also be provided with a high performance manager to ensure quality of sports science input and performance management.
"Creating centres of sporting excellence across the country is a step towards our vision of making India one of the top 10 countries in Olympics 2028. Unless we can provide world-class specialised training, we cannot expect athletes to excel at the Olympics," Union Sports minister Kiren Rijiju said.
"Each of these centres will provide world-class training in a specific sporting discipline and will become the main facility in the country where elite athletes of that sport will train. I am happy that each state has supported this initiative of the center with great positivity and enthusiasm," he added.
The Sports ministry is upgrading existing sporting infrastructure in each State and Union Territory, in partnership with the State and UT, and creating KISCEs with the aim of creating a robust sporting ecosystem in the entire country. Each KISCE will be extended with sports-specific support in 14 Olympic sports, out of which one state or UT will be given support for a maximum of three sports.
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