Friday, 13 May 2016

DNC Indoor Badminton Hall to be open on Saturday 14th May






NAGPUR: Badminton players and enthusiasts will get another venue to hone their skills as the state-of-the-art Dhanwate National College (DNC) Indoor Stadium gets open for public here on Saturday.

With increasing number of shuttlers in the city, having another hall is certainly a welcome news for all the badminton lovers. The hall, which is consisted of four wooden courts, gallery, changing rooms and spacious toilets is ready for use.

The opening of the hall will be done with a tournament -- Panjabrao Deshmukh District Sub-Junior and Junior Badminton meet -- which will be organized by the DNC in association with the Nagpur District Badminton Association.

The man behind the new structure, Baban Taywade, is a happy man on Thursday when he showed the latest facility to the media persons of the city.

"Around Rs 3 cores were spent to build this new stadium. The construction lasted for nearly four years. Besides badminton, indoor hall will have facilities for table tennis, chess, gymnasium and yoga. The spectators' gallery with a capacity to sit around 300 people have been made," said DNC principal Taywade.

He added that the University Grant Commission (UGC) has given the grant of Rs 70 lakh and Rs 50 lakh have been received from former Union minister Vilas Mutemwar's MP funds. "We got help from UGC and Muttemwar. The remaining amount was spent by Amravati-based Shivaji Education Society," said Taywade.

Muttemwar will inaugurate the hall and district badminton tourney at 9 am on Saturday. President of Shivaji Education Society Arun Shelke will preside over the function. Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, mayor Pravin Datke, MLA Sunil Kedar, former NIT trustee Anant Gharad, MBA president Arun Lakhani and other dignitaries will be the guests of honour.

This New is Originally Posted on Time OF India

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