Lohia Nagar sports complex site
Developed on 15 acres at an estimated cost of Rs 175-180 crore, the complex needs an operational framework for routine upkeep, management and day-to-day functioning. Sources said as officials and elected representatives plan to appoint an operator for more than 10 years, cabinet approval is required before proceeding with the tender. Hubballi : The proposal to float a tender for maintenance and operation of the international-standard integrated sports complex at Lohia Nagar is awaiting state cabinet approval. The integrated complex offers indoor and outdoor sporting facilities under one roof. Outdoor facilities include football, hockey, kho-kho, athletics, tennis and volleyball, aimed at supporting competitive sport and structured training.
The proposal is likely to come before the cabinet in the next couple of weeks.
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Officials said the maintenance and operations tender is expected to cover supervision, staffing, cleanliness, upkeep and operational readiness of facilities. Sources in Hubballi-Dharwad Smart City Limited said MLA Arvind Bellad, along with officials, visited sports facilities elsewhere in the country to study how complexes are maintained by outsourced agencies. Bellad, deputy leader of opposition in the assembly and Hubballi-Dharwad West MLA, said the tender process would move ahead once the cabinet completes the approval process. He said plans for inaugurating the sports complex would be taken up after an operator is appointed.
Indoor facilities include table tennis, foosball, carrom, pool, billiards, snooker, badminton and squash. The complex also has facilities for shooting, martial arts, wrestling, kabaddi, archery and skating, besides a swimming pool and training pool. Tender conditions for the Lohia Nagar facility are expected to be framed based on those observations. Download the TOI App.