Delegation from Bengal Youth Services and Sports dept visits Kalinga Stadium
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | October 07, 2021 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 7: A high level delegation from the Govt. of West Bengal led by Additional Chief Secretary, Dept. of Youth Services and Sports, Subrata Biswas, visited Kalinga Stadium Complex to study the sports ecosystem in Odisha. T he delegation, which comprised of officers from the Department of Youth Services and Sports and Public Works Department, were particularly interested to learn about the hockey infrastructure set-up in the State, particularly the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela. The delegation was received by Dilip Tirkey, Chairman, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, R. Vineel Krishna, Secretary Sports, Govt. of Odisha, Rajiv Seth, Project Director, Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre, and senior officials of the Odisha Sports Department. {"align":"center","id":141092,"sizeSlug":"full","linkDestination":"none"} The visit commenced with Sports Secretary, R. Vineel Krishna making a presentation on the rise of Sports in Odisha and different sports initiatives of the state to the delegation. The delegation conducted a detailed recce of the facilities at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium and visited the Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre that trains over 80 boy and girl cadets for the elite level and were taken through the set-up and operations by Rajiv Seth. Thereafter the delegation, visited the sports science and rehabilitation centre – the Odisha Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance Centre, where Centre Head Pradeep Pillay demonstrated the bio mechanics and the assessment techniques used to assist athletes to better their performance. The delegation also visited the major ongoing sports infrastructure projects, namely the Indoor Athletics Stadium, Aquatic Complex, Badminton High Performance Centre and the Sports Science Centre. The visit culminated with the delegation spending time at the Athletics High Performance Centre, 10m indoor Shooting Range and the newly renovated Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool. The Addl. Chief Secretary, West Bengal Government, was very impressed with the pioneering work by Odisha in sports development. He showered particular praise on the giant strides made by the Govt. of Odisha in building world- class infrastructure across the State.
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