BENGALURU: With the government of Karnataka agreeing to hand over an additional 15 acres of land for the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) proposed National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, the board’s decade plus long dream is closer to fruition.
The BCCI, which had registered for 25 acres in the Devanahalli Aerospace Park area in May 2017, had sought 25 additional acres to construct the academy and a proposed ‘centre of excellence’.
BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary said, “I’m grateful to the government of Karnataka on behalf of the BCCI. They have agreed and have finally given us another 15 acres in the same plot, which means we have an amalgamated total area of 40 acres. Today was the final registration.”
He added that the BCCI had been waiting since 2005 for a separate parcel of land for the NCA so it could move out of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium premises.
Work on the NCA is now expected to begin shortly.
