After the state of the art international cricket stadium inIndore, it is now the turn of eitherBhopalorGwaliorto get a world-class hockey stadium. Chief ministerShivraj Singh Chouhanannounced this during the felicitation of the Indian womens hockey team at Minto Hall.
Chouhan and Sports ministerYashodhara Raje Scindiapresented Rs 31 lakh each to the players of the Indian Women hockey team, who made the country proud by making it to the semifinals of the Olympics in the recently concludedTokyo Olympics.
CM said, continuous work is being done for the promotion of sports in Madhya Pradesh. The initiative to remove the financial problems of women hockey players took place in 2010 in Madhya Pradesh. After that, the hockey academy was strengthened. Today it is one of the best hockey academies in the country, he added.