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Odisha Again Turns The World Focus To The Powerhouse Of Hockey
- | Friday | 25th December, 2020
BY DN Singh
When it`s about sports and more so hockey, we cannot grudge Odisha`s Sundergarh district it`s share of pride. It needs a recall that this place has given the country sports stars like Lazrus Barla, Dilip Tirkey, Sunita Lakra, Ignes Tirkey and Prabodh Tirkey and many more who brought laurels for the state and the country at the international arena.
By announcing that the above district has no less reasons to become a place that is going to harbour the largest Hockey stadium in India which will host the prestigious FIH Odisha Men`s Hockey World Cup in 2023.
Odisha Back In Focus
Talking about the above hockey talents, this author had a tryst with the ground realty those spun out players from here to the Olympics.
Inaccessible and unknown, there are areas the players like Dilip and Lazrus hail from. Today they have resigned to the history but the history doesn`t stop at that.
Hundreds of boys and girls can be seen practising hockey in the nooks and corners of the Sundergarh district, as if, life has no meaning without hockey.
Going by what the chief minister of Odisha said, the proposed mega stadium is bound to enhance the prospects of the budding talents and organisation of the World Cup can offer excellent exposure for the local players, in addition, to instil an occupational enthu besides redefining the `sports landscape `in the region.
The stadium along with the allied facilities will be developed as a benchmark for other Hockey stadiums around the world. Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus, Rourkela.
“As we have announced earlier, Odisha will once again be the proud host of the prestigious Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023" the chief minister stated to have made a claim in a video message.
The tournament will be organized both in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
Sundargarh The Powerhouse
The popularity of Hockey can be seen across the district. The support of people of the district to hockey players is unparalleled anywhere in the world. The stadium will have all the modern amenities and will offer a unique experience.
Recently, a high-level team including senior officials from the State Government, International Federation of Hockey (FIH), Department of Sports and Youth Services and Hockey India had visited Rourkela.
And reviewed the infrastructure and allied facilities in the city to host the prestigious and much-awaited Hockey event. The work to develop synthetic hockey turf in each of the 17 blocks of Sundargarh district has already commenced.
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