Minister Bharath lays foundation stone for stadium in Kurnool
Construction of a stadium will pave way for development of sports in the district, said Minister for Industries and Commerce T.G. Bharath on Tuesday during the foundation laying ceremony for a cricket stadium and sports complex near Jagannadhagattu in Kurnool district.
Mr. Bharath along with Collector P. Ranjith Basha, MLAs Gouru Charitha, K.E. Syam Babu and Kurnool Urban Development Authority (KUDA) chairperson Somisetty Venkateswarlu laid the stone for the stadium being constructed within six acres opposite the TIDCO houses in the city. The stadium and complex were being constructed with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds provided by the Greenko.
Asserting that the upcoming cricket stadium will act as a catalyst for development of sports, Mr. Bharath said that they will also take steps for the construction of a stadium in the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) grounds besides the Bala Sai Baba school in Kodumur Assembly Constituency.
The Minister thanked the Greenko Group for funding the construction of the cricket stadium and also for setting up pumped storage hydro power project, which is one of the biggest in the entire world, in the district.
Mr. Bharath assured to bring more industries to the district which would generate more employment opportunities. 'We have promised 20 lakh jobs to the youth and unemployed in five years and we will fulfil the promise,' he said and added that they have chalked out plans to set up one MSME park in every Assembly constituency and are moving forward in that direction. He said efforts would be made for setting up a tomato processing unit in Pathikonda at the earliest.
Collector Ranjith Basha said that as Tirupati, Kadapa and Anantapur in Rayalaseema region have good stadiums, the administration planned to construct one in Kurnool for the development of sports in the district. He said coaching will be given in basket ball and kabaddi apart from cricket and also for shuttle and swimming in the indoor stadium. 'Children till the age of 15 years will be given training by 40 coaches in various sports at the stadium,' he said.
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