Major Dhyan Chand Sports University: PM Modi lays foundation stone in Meerut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on January 2, 2022. The sports university has been set up at Salawa and Kaili villages of Sardhana town in Meerut at an estimated cost of Rs 700 Crore.

While laying the foundation stone of the University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "India needs to become self-reliant in sports equipment manufacturing. In the NEP being implemented, priority's being given to sports. It's now in the same category as science, math or other studies. It'll be a dedicated subject."

PM Modi further said that the university will provide international sports facilities to the youth. He said, "every year, more than 1000 girls and boys will graduate from here. Earlier, only criminals and mafias used to play & tournaments of illegal land grabbing happened. " 

This university worth Rs 700 crores will provide international sports facilities to the youth. Every year, more than 1000 girls & boys will graduate from here. Earlier, only criminals & mafias used to play & tournaments of illegal land grabbing happened: PM Modi in Meerut pic.twitter.com/1Ve3xEFY4u

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 2, 2022

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Major Dhyan Chand Sports University- Facilities and Infrastructure

The Major Dhyan Chand Sports University will be equipped with modern and state-of-the-art sports infrastructure.

It will be the first-of-its kind Sports University that will offer training to sports persons in all possible ways, in all sporting disciplines.  

It will be equipped with a synthetic Hockey ground, Football ground, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Kabaddi ground and Lawn tennis court.

It will also have a synthetic running stadium, swimming pool, Gymnasium Hall, Multipurpose Hall and a cycling Velodrome.

The sports university will also have facilities for other sporting disciples including weightlifting, shooting arena, squash, gymnastics, archery, canoeing and Kayaking.

• The University will have the capacity to train at least 1,080 sportspersons at a time including 540 female and 540 male sportspersons. 

• The University will have dorms or housing facilities for the candidates who enroll. 

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Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to hold State Assembly polls early this year. The Bharatiya Janata Party had won 312 seats out of the total 403 seats in the 2017 Assembly Elections, while Samajwadi Party (SP) had won 47 seats, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) had won 19 and Congress could win only 7 seats.