International football stadium (Delhi)

Delhi Development Authority has set the ball rolling for the construction of a state-of-the-art football stadium in Dwarka Sector 19, a project that has been in the pipeline for more than six years.
DDA plans to build a world-class football stadium of FIFA standards in Dwarka, with state-of-the-art playing and training facilities. The proposed stadium would be spread over 62 acres and will accommodate over 18,000 spectators. The playing field would be more than 100 metres long and nearly 70 metres wide.
The initial cost of the stadium was pegged at around Rs 100 crore four years ago but officials from the land-owning agency said that a revised budget is yet to be finalised as the design of the stadium has been changed to make it comply with international standards.
While the stadium is made exclusively for outdoor games like football, mini football and athletics, there are facilities for indoor games as well like boxing, billiards, squash and table tennis. The plan was laid out a year ago but its execution will begin this year.
Accessibility has been an important takeaway of this project ensuring that ambulances and fire trucks can easily enter the place in emergency situations. Players and dignitaries will have separate entry and exit gates. Apart from the main playing field where final matches would take place, two more fields for practice and events would also be constructed. Four fields will be provided for the mini-football games. Seating arrangement would be provided for about a thousand people to watch races on the athletic track. A jogging track would border the fields. According to the report, the stadium is also set to have martial arts, aerobics, yoga, multi-gym, massage and spa, and meditation facilities.

By Bishan Rapria