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‘Ahmedabad on path to becoming Games-ready'
Gandhinagar: On the eve of World Olympic Day, which is being observed on Monday, Gujarat govt said that Ahmedabad is rapidly moving towards becoming the host city for the 2036 Olympics.
Last Oct, the Indian Olympic Association made a formal bid for India to host the 2036 Games, and Ahmedabad is a strong contender, the govt said on Sunday.
An official statement said that as part of the preparations, the Gujarat Sports Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (GSID) is the nodal agency and will be building six sports complexes for Rs 6,000 crore. In addition, new sports facilities will be built in Pethapur, Karai Police Academy, GIFT City, and Manipur-Godhavi.
These facilities in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will be able to host more than 80% of the Games events, the official statement said.
The govt said that the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) has 24 district-level and six taluka-level sports complexes. In addition, 20 sports hostels in the state provide residential and training facilities to as many as 4,000 sportspersons.
"SAG is working to boost the sports ecosystem by strengthening the sports infrastructure in the state through a total of 31 new sports complexes, including 13 at the district level and 18 at the taluka level, in the coming time," the statement said.
The new sports complexes will come up in 13 districts, including Amreli, Anand, Bharuch, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Mahisagar, Morbi, Navsari, Surendranagar and Valsad.
