Narayani Stadium in neglect

Sports lovers here have complained that the government has neglected the Narayani Stadium by not allocating the budget for the multi-purpose plan.

According to the DPR, 2 billion 64 crore rupees will be spent on the reconstruction of the stadium, according to the National Sports Council. In the financial year 2077/078, the government allocated Rs 5 crore for the reconstruction of the stadium and Rs 2 crore for the construction of a new covered hall. The old parapet of Block 'C' of the stadium has been demolished and the new construction has been completed. In the last financial year, the government had awarded a contract of Rs. The work has also been completed.

The budget has not been allocated in the current financial year even for Karva Dahl, which was started at a cost of 16 crore rupees. The government has sent 2 crore 1.3 million rupees twice for Covered Hall. So far, the construction of two side parapets in Coveredhall has been completed. On March 25, the then Youth and Sports Minister Virajbhakt Shrestha Narayani came to Birgunj for on-site monitoring of the stadium and covered hall. He assured to allocate budget for multi-purpose schemes. However, the budget for stadium reconstruction in the current year is zero.

On Sunday, the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Federal Government, Tejulal Chaudhary, said that the reconstruction of the Narayani Stadium will be done with the help of foreign donors during the on-site monitoring. "The donor has demanded a DPR," said Minister Choudhary, "There is a plan to build the Narayani Stadium with a foreign donor, the matter has progressed with the donor."

Although the 11th National Games are said to be held in Madhesh after two years, the government has not allocated funds for the physical infrastructure of the current fiscal year. "I took over the Sports Ministry after the current year's budget," said Minister Choudhary, "We met with the Minister of Finance only a few days ago and discussed the arrangement of the budget for sports infrastructure in Madhesh." He revealed.

dilapidated stadium

The stadium with a capacity of about 15,000 spectators was built in the year 2038. In the past, National Games, Tej Bahadur Gold Cup, Mahendra Gold Cup and Laxman Thapa Gold Cup and AFC U-16 qualifying tournament were held in this stadium. Super division teams from Nepal and India participated in the Gold Cup. However, after the Laxman Thapa Gold Cup in 2058, no major tournament was held for about 16 years.

Since 074, Vishal Foundation organized the Gold Cup at Narayani Stadium with the participation of the departmental team and the Indian team, and returned the first-class football tournament to Birganj after a decade and a half. Sports activities have come to a standstill for six years after the National Sports Council banned the entry of spectators to the north and south parapets of the dilapidated stadium due to lack of protection.

Most of the parapets have holes. Some parts are broken. The rods are rusted. According to the sports officials, no other district has the same infrastructure and land as the Narayani stadium in province number 2. However, despite being the leading economic and commercial city of the country, due to lack of timely protection and maintenance of sports infrastructure, Birgunj is lagging behind in sports.

DPR for 25 lakhs

For the reconstruction of Narayani Stadium in Birganj, which had become a ruin, the National Sports Council had prepared a DPR (detailed study report) of the stadium six years ago by deputing a technician. Rakhep spent Rs 25 lakh for DPR. According to the DPR, 2.64 billion rupees are required for the reconstruction of the stadium.

stadium owns 18 bigha of land including football and cricket ground. According to the report, after the reconstruction, the football field will have a capacity of 15,000 and the cricket field will have a capacity of 7,000. It is mentioned in the DPR that a multi-purpose covered hall will also be constructed.