The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced that it would set up a modern sports complex with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure in north Chennai.
“It will be established at Radhakrishnan Nagar, with facilities for volleyball, badminton, basketball, boxing, kabaddi, indoor games and a modern gymnasium, at an initial estimated cost of ₹10 crore,” Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said in the Assembly.
“The ‘Olympic Gold Quest’ programme has been successful in mentoring Olympic medallists in our country. A similar programme to develop world-class athletes and Olympic medallists from Tamil Nadu will be implemented with an allocation of ₹25 crore,” he said.
