Over 75% of the work on construction of the international cricket stadium-cum-Sports academy in Rajgir has been completed. If all goes well, it will be ready before the March 22, 2022 deadline set by art, culture and youth minister, Alok Ranjan.
Spread over 90 acres of land, the state-of-the-art stadium at Pilkhi panchayat in Rajgir will accommodate 45,000 people at a time. It will also have indoor and outdoor sports complexes and facilities like a playground, research centre, latest equipment, fitness centre, library, and motivation centre.
The CM had laid the foundation for the international cricket stadium-cum-sports academy in 2018 and its implementing agency, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, was supposed to complete its construction in 2020. However, the work was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.