The newly constructed high altitude training centre hostel for students was inaugurated by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin through video conferencing on Thursday.
The hostel has been built at ₹1.86 crore by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. The hostel has a dining area, three sleeping areas where a total of 60 students can stay, a security room, kitchen, store room, nine toilets and bathrooms with hot water.
The students can train in any sport that they are specialising in. Besides the ₹250 a day that is being provided for the student athletes’ food, beds, pillows and blankets are also provided at the hostel, according to a release from the district administration.
The Nilgiris Collector M. Aruna, Ooty MLA R. Ganesh, and officials participated in the function.
