Team inspects land for new sports grounds
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A team from the Prime Minister’s 1,000 Sports Grounds project visited Abbottabad on Friday to inspect land selected for conversion into sporting grounds. Two grounds were also finalised during the visit.
The team, led by Murad Ali Mohmand, visited Abbottabad on Friday and inspected various sites selected for the development of sports infrastructure. The visit came on the request of MPA Sardar Aurangzeb. He received the team and gave them a tour of potential sites in the city besides inspecting additional land to be provided for the construction of playing facilities.
Later, while speaking to the media, MPA Aurangzeb thanked the team. He also appreciated the efforts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Sports Secretary Abid Majeed, Additional Secretary Junaid Khan and Sports Director General Asfandyar Khattak for providing playing facilities to the youth.
Asfandyar said they have taken all possible steps for the promotion of sports in the province, including Talent Hunt Scheme-2020 to unearth new talent at the grassroots level, besides monitoring all ongoing mega projects in the province.
Project Director said that they have already prepared a project concept-I (PC-I) and collected 10 Kanals of land at Chamanka in Union Council (UC) Majwa. Similarly, a cricket ground will be constructed over 20 Kanals of land in the Bandi Tai Khan area of Havelian.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2020.