Haryana Minister of State for Sports, Sh. Gaurav Gautam, said that over the past five years, the state government has constructed 32 sports stadiums at a total cost of around Rs.195.53 crore. He clarified that none of these stadiums fall within the Kalayat Vidhan Sabha constituency.
Responding to a question during the Budget Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, the Minister informed that a Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium already exists in village Bata in the Kalayat area. Funds amounting to about Rs.15 lakh have been released to the Public Works Department for its repair, and the work is currently underway, with roughly one-third already completed.
Addressing the demand for a new stadium in the Kalayat area, he said that a feasibility study conducted by the District Sports Officer, Kaithal, found the proposed land unsuitable. The site identified by the municipal committee was uneven, had eucalyptus trees, did not meet the required area, and already housed government offices, making it unfit for stadium construction.
Similarly, for village Rajound, the feasibility report indicated that no suitable land is available for building a stadium, he said. The Minister said that in the case of village Titram, although land was identified by the gram panchayat, it was found unsuitable due to the presence of high-tension power lines and other electrical infrastructure passing through the site.
He said that these findings were based on reports submitted by the concerned authorities during the course of evaluation.