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.
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is Originally Posted on Time OF India
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