Lovleen Bains
Sahnewal, May 15

In a unique endeavour, the Sahnewal Nagar Council has taken the initiative of converting an open wasteland into a sports stadium for young budding players, who feel handicapped due to the lack of any such place in the town.

Give details of the park-cum-sports stadium Nagar Council president Capt Sukhjit Singh Hara (retd) shared, “Development work of park-cum-sports complex has been initiated on the old depleted pond, which is no more in use. An amount of Rs70 lakh has been sanctioned for the complex by the Chief Minister and its foundation stone laid by Fathegarh Sahib MP Dr Amar Singh.”

“The complex will help those aspirants, who need sports training to get into professional career. Budding sportspersons are either forced to drop the idea of getting professionally settled through sports or do it half-heartedly through insufficient means available as there no stadium in the town,” he added.

“Sports lovers of the town and surrounding 20 villages are enthusiastic about this complex,” he said.

“The work on the project has already started and will be completed in three to four months. Sports like athletics, kabaddi, volleyball, football and others will be promoted at this complex. With more funds pouring in, we will start the facility of indoor sports such as badminton and table tennis. An open gym and park for kids too is a part of the project,” he added.