Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena laid the foundation stone of a sports complex at Qutabgarh village on Tuesday and said 49 villages here will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 800 crore.
The Delhi Development Authority’s sports complex project is slated to be completed by next month and will have multiple sporting facilities, including ‘akharas’ for male and female wrestlers, a kabaddi ground, a jogging track, an open gymnasium, a badminton court, and a volleyball court, the DDA said in a statement. In a statement, Saxena said that other villages will also be transformed along the lines of Qutabgarh village. Forty-nine villages would be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 800 crore, for which funds will be allocated to the DDA, he said. “Laid the foundation for a sports complex at Qutabgarh Village, in line with the commitment to develop all 49 villages in Delhi with the best civic infrastructure. To be commissioned shortly, the sports complex will have facilities for wrestling, Kabaddi, badminton, athletics, etc.,” Saxena posted on social media site X.
Saxena also shared some pictures from his visit to some of the villages of Delhi.
“Also visited nearby villages—Jaunti and Nijampur—to witness the ongoing development works, including a sports centre, being undertaken by DDA. Dedicated a rejuvenated water body in Jaunti that will add to the village’s water security and recharge the groundwater,” he said in another post on X.
North West Delhi MP Hans Raj Hans, Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta, Chief Secretary of Delhi Naresh Kumar, and DDA Vice Chairman Subhashish Panda were also present on the occasion.
