Meerut, Jan 2 (Agency) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut, which will be constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 700 crore. UP Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya along with other central, state and BJP leaders were present in the ceremony.
Before laying the foundation of the first sports university in UP, PM visited an exhibition of sports equipment companies and Khelo India. The Sports University will be equipped with modern and state of the art sports infrastructure including synthetic hockey ground, football ground, basketball/volleyball/handball/kabaddi ground, lawn tennis court, gymnasium hall, synthetic running stadium, swimming pool, multipurpose hall and a cycling velodrome. The university will also house facilities for shooting, squash, gymnastics, weightlifting, archery, canoeing and kayaking, among other facilities. The university will have the capacity of training 1,080 sportspersons.