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Gill inaugurates swimming pool complex for Commonwealth Games | Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M. S. Gill on Sunday inaugurated the ‘remodelled and reconstructed’
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex, one of the venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi. The function was held in the presence of Delhi
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman
Suresh Kalmadi, several sports persons and senior Sports Ministry officials. “This
is an outstanding complex and a remarkable engineering marvel. It is equipped
with all the modern facilities even better than the Melbourne Games,” Gill said.
The complex, which was constructed in 1982 to hold the Asian Games, has been upgraded
and renovated with state of art facilities to meet the international standards
required for hosting world-class aquatic events. With a total seating capacity
of 5000 spectators, the complex now has the largest cohestrand supported, breathable
and elliptical shaped aluminum roof. It is the largest covered aquatic stadium
in the country having Olympic-sized racing and diving pools with a six lanes warm
up pool. The 12-day sporting extravaganza will be India 's biggest sporting event
since the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi. |
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