Meghalaya Govt to build biggest stadium with world class aquatics & high-tech Innovation Hub in New Shillong City
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma announced the construction of Meghalaya’s biggest Stadium along with a world class aquatics and swimming complex at New Shillong Knowledge city in Mawkhanu at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore while placing the Meghalaya State Budget on Wednesday.
Sangma said that Meghalaya is at the zenith of a demographic dividend with more than 72% of its population below the age of 35 where the young men and women will both drive the State’s growth and be the beneficiaries of it.
Highlighting on the various initiatives undertaken by the Government to boost the Sports infrastructures, the Chief Minister informed that sports infrastructure costing about Rs 400 crore are under construction and about Rs 200 crore worth of projects have been completed in the last two years. He further said the renovation of the JN Stadium at Polo grounds Shillong at a cost of Rs 59 crore will be completed soon and during 2023-24, the State witnessed the inauguration of the Wahiajer Multi-Sports Complex built at a cost of Rs 64 crore and the Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma Athletic Stadium built at a cost Rs 16 crore.
He also said that construction of Iconic new projects like the Integrated Hospitality and Sports complex at Shillong and the Indoor halls at the PA Sangma Integrated Sports complex at Tura are progressing well. He added that as promised in the last budget, new grassroots infrastructure in the form of artificial turfs, synthetic tracks, indoor halls and natural grounds will be developed across the State.
Sangma informed that construction of the first set of projects costing Rs 108 crore, including the Kynshi Stadium, West Khasi Hills and the Wahlyngkhat Stadium, Pynursla subdivision will begin soon while another Rs 200 crore worth of projects are being finalized. He also added that for 2024-25 an amount of Rs 120 crore will be allocate for sports infrastructure.
The YESS Meghalaya program was launched with the aim of encouraging the youth groups to take up various grassroot-level activities like sports, healthcare, arts and culture, entertainment, and environmental action, the Chief Minister said till date 1,430 youth groups have been supported with Rs 5 crore under the program and is also allocating an amount of Rs 20 crore for 2024-25.
Sangma said that the overall allocation for the sports and youth sector for 2024-25 is Rs 246 crore, an increase of 15% over last year while adding the size of the youth budget that encompasses all the activities undertaken for youth stands at Rs 2,853 crore in 2024-25.
Underlining that Skilling young Meghalayans in locally relevant trades like integrated farming and hospitality to cutting edge trades like machine learning, 3D printing, robotics is key priority for the Government, the Chief Minister said over the next four years, the Government have an ambitious target of skilling 1.2 lakh youngsters in marketable skills under the ‘Skills Meghalaya’ program with an investment of Rs 360 crore while he also apprised that a world-class Skills and Innovation Hub will be built at New Shillong with a cost of Rs 82 crore.
Sangma informed that an amount of Rs 100 crore will be allocate for the implementation of PRIME and CM-ELEVATE for 2024-25 and also added the program is currently supporting more than 5,500 entrepreneurs and more than 210 startups.
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