Stone of Rs 7-crore sports complex laid in Rajpura

Tribune News Service

Rajpura, August 16

Member of Parliament from Patiala MP Preneet Kaur laid the foundation stone of a sports complex-cum-stadium to be constructed at a cost of Rs7 crore here yesterday. Terming this sports complex project as an Independence Day bonanza, she also announced the approval of a Rs41-crore sewerage project for Rajpura.

Congratulating the Rajpura residents on 75th Independence Day, Preneet Kaur said Rajpura MLA Hardial Singh Kamboj got the stadium project approved by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, especially to engage the youth of Rajpura in sports. She said this state-of-the-art sports complex would be set up by the Punjab Sports Department in two phases in a record time.

The MP said that the Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, was pursuing a policy of promoting sports and sport spersons, for which the government had formulated a new sports policy-2018 to provide better sports infrastructure to the players of the state.