Renovation work for world cup closing lingers on

LUDHIANA: Not completely satisfied with the pace of renovation work going on at Guru Nanak stadium in preparation for the closing ceremony of the Kabaddi World Cup on December 15, director sports Shiv Dular Singh Dhillon expressed confidence and said the work will be finished in time.
In the city to inspect the progress of the work going on at the stadium and to attend trials for women kabbadi team, he said, "I am confident that we will be able to finish in time for the closing ceremony.This is one of the two important venues for the event. As chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan, will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony, we will have to raise the bar."
Asked about some specific problem areas from the previous editions, he said the sports department did not get any negative feedback about any major problems in the previous two editions.
Impressed by the huge number of aspirants who had shown up at the trials, he expressed confidence that this year's edition will surpass the previous ones.