Naveen Patnaik
BHUBANESWAR: After Kalahandi, the state’s ruling dispensation is planning to hold another mega show in Sundargarh tentatively on February 16. It is likely to be attended by chief minister Naveen Patnaik and many senior ministers and MLAs.
Sources said during his visit, Naveen would lay the foundation for a world-class hockey stadium, which is being planned in Steel City Rourkela, which will be the second venue for the Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023. The chief minister would also address a public meeting.
With the state government already having announced that the complete construction of the proposed hockey stadium would be undertaken within the BPUT university campus, sources said the work for the project would start from April. Recently, a team of top bureaucrats, led by chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra, had visited the site to take stock of the situation. Besides, the state government has also announced that astro-turfs would be set up in 17 blocks