NAMSAI, 24 Jan: Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein inaugurated the first football stadium in Namsai, including the newly constructed rostrum and covered seating gallery, at Apil ground here on Thursday, in the presence of the sports minister’s adviser Zingnu Namchoom and Namsai DC CR Khampa.
Funded by the Sports Authority of Arunachal Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 1,000 lakhs, the state-of-the-art facility spans a plinth area of 887.98 sq mtrsand is equipped with advanced features to elevate the region’s sports and event-hosting capabilities.
The facility includes a VIP gallery with a capacity for 1,000 spectators, conference and control rooms for event management, team changing rooms, a medical room, and public toilets. An artificial football turf with a modern subsurface drainage system ensures all-weather playability, complemented by a stormwater concrete channel drain for effective water management.
“This football stadium is the first of its kind in Namsai, and it is poised to host state and national level football tournaments,” the DCM said, adding that the football ground would be a major training centre for football players in the area.
After the inauguration, Mein chaired a meeting at the district secretariat and reviewed the progress of various projects under centrally-sponsored schemes and state flagship programmes in Namsai district. The meeting also discussed the action plan for achieving the targets under the ‘Sashakt Arunachal’ initiative, covering thematic areas such as Sundar Arunachal, Samriddh Arunachal, Shikshit Arunachal, Swasth Arunachal, Surakshit Arunachal, and Swachh Arunachal.
The DCM stressed on ensuring quality implementation and on-time completion of the developmental projects; strict monitoring of the teachers’ attendance; electrification of anganwadi centres and equipping anganwadi workers with smartphones; strengthening the medical staff; skill development of the local youths; and achieving the target of lakhpati didi’s by promoting women SHGs. He also called for monitoring of subsidised schemes under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swalambhan Yojana, attracting investment through of ease of doing business, and strict checking of ILPs.
Mein also reviewed the aspirational district programme and the aspirational block programme,and called for improving performance to “saturate key performance indicators in the respective sectors of the two programmes.”
The meeting was attended by Namsai MLA Namchoom, Lekang MLA Likha Soni, DC Khampa, District Planning Officer Keshab Sharma, and HoDs. (DCM’s PR Cell)
