The Punjab Regional and Town Planning Board approved a 19-acre sports complex in Sector 78. The sports complex, comprising a hockey stadium, and facilities for other indoor and outdoor games would come up along the 200-ft road near Sohana. It will be located near the upcoming international airport. Barring the PCA Stadium in Sector 63 (Phase IX), a shooting range and a swimming pool in Phase VI, there are no sports facilities in the city catering to a population of about two lakh.
The sports complex will be in addition to 20 sites, including some unkept greenbelts, identified in different residential sectors, where infrastructure for community sports facilities for games like basket ball, volley ball, tennis and badminton are to come up.
The sector-level sports facilities will be in addition to mini-gymnasiums and indoor sports complex being made in Sectors 59 (Phase V, 63 (Phase IX), 71 and 78. To create the infrastructure, funds of the GMADA, the urban development arm of the State Housing and Urban Development Department (SHUD) are being used.
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