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West Bengal is all set to get its second cricket stadium after Eden Gardens. The project, soon to get underway in Haldia.
The stadium will be of global standards. It will have a seating capacity of 35,000 as well as facilities to hold day-night international matches.
The arena is billed as part of a Rs 63.58-crore international sports city complex, conceived by the Haldia Development Authority.
Srei has inked an agreement with HDA to execute the project. While Kolkatabased Kerr & Associates will provide the architectural design and project consultancy support, Construction Association Interbudimontazh of Ukraine will be the construction partner.
To be set up over 37,446 sq metres, the stadium will have an electronic scoreboard, mast-lights, 20 stands, dressing rooms of international standards, state-of-the-art security features, rooms for service, storage and administrative activities, parking bays and a media centre of international quality.
The HDA-Haldia Municipality combine will provide Rs 6 crore as seed capital for the project. Of this, Rs 1 crore will be obtained from the Union sports ministry.
The current sports policy stipulates that the Centre provide a maximum grant of Rs 1 crore for setting up sports academies anywhere in the country.
The stadium apart, the sports complex will have two football practice grounds, an indoor stadium, a sports academy, cineplex, a shopping mall and a corporate centre.
The sports academy, encompassing an area of about 4,600 sq mt, will have an open air swimming pool, a 100-bed youth hostel, a sport medicine centre, practice grounds and a hi-tech fitness centre.
HDA chairman Lakshman Seth said work on the project is expected to start next month and should be over by 2007-end. Asked about its longterm viability, Seth said: "This is a social infrastructure project.
A revenue model has been worked out to sustain the maintenance cost. The risk element is there. The government will have to bear some of the financial burden".
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