In a good news for students and sports enthusiasts, the DDA is all set to improve and extend facilities of its premier sports complexes including the Siri Fort Complex. Besides this, the Authority will also be building new sports complexes for the disabled in far-flung residential areas. The renovation plans at its complexes include refurbishing of all swimming pools under it and ready by 2018. "All existing swimming pools would be renovated and their depths reduced to 1.35 m for public safety purpose. The renovation works would be completed in time for the swimming pools to be operational for the next swimming season from 1st April next year," said a senior DDA official. The decisions were taken during a meeting of the Authority's Sports Management Board (SMB) on Tuesday. Also, it was decided that all facilities at DDA sports complexes will be turned disabled-friendly on a priority basis. "Football grounds at DDA sports complexes would be converted into synthetic surface for intensive use of these facilities due to the rising demand for football fields in Delhi. The grounds at Siri Fort Sports Complex would initially be converted as a pilot project," the officer said. School children are permitted to use DDA sports complexes on payment of entry charges of Rs 15. For facilities for which user charges are to be paid, school students would need to pay only 50 per cent of rates paid by members of the sports complexes. "To facilitate utilisation of facilities at DDA Siri Fort Sports Complex, for which there is always a huge demand, individuals who have taken three months temporary membership of the complex 10 times in the last five years would be eligible for annual tenure membership. Rates for one year tenure membership, including dependants would be Rs 5,000 for government category and Rs 8,000 for non-government category," he said. Besides, work on construction of a new sports complex at Sector-17, Dwarka is also in the works. "In-principle approval was given for development of a state of the art basketball centre with four courts with change rooms, toilets, spectator sitting and proper lighting facility at DDAYamuna Sports Complex, Surajmal Vihar. Also, approval was given for the city's first 'Skate Park' with facilities for skating, roller figure skating, roller hockey, speed skating track and separate rink for skate boards and BMX cycles would also be developed at the complex," the official said. THE GRAND PLAN

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