The Indian Express            13.09.2013

Crucial MC meet held on indoor stadium

Representatives of various sports and the New Delhi-based company which is the consultant for Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to complete the pending indoor stadium on Pakhowal road held a crucial meeting with MC commissioner R K Verma at Zone A office on Thursday.

Sumit Jarangal, additional commissioner who was also present at the meeting, told Ludhiana Newsline, "Since it is going to be a multi-purpose stadium, it was necessary to invite suggestions from representatives of various sports. We have incorporated their suggestions."

Sources said that a discussion on various points like location of washrooms and changing rooms of players, designing for gymnastics and changes in design as per international standards was held. Representatives from various sports like hockey, table tennis, basketball and gymnastics were present at the meeting.

Also, representatives of the New Delhi-based company Darashaw Company, which are official consultants of MC for completing the stadium, gave a presentation at the meeting.

However, sources said that seeing the work which was pending, the stadium would not be completed in one year, as Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria had claimed in June this year.

This indoor stadium has drawn criticism from various corners as its construction started after a wait of seven long years. First, the project was proposed in 2003 and then due to various hiccups, it was stopped midway in 2007. The construction finally began in 2011 and since then various deadlines have been proposed by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation but it is nowhere near completion.