MUMBAI: The Maharashtra state government has finally given its permission to the Sunil Gavaskar Foundation to convert the reserved plot for an indoor academy complex into a full-fledged multi-facility sports complex.
Gavaskar’s foundation had been allotted the plot measuring 2,000 square metres way back in 1988.
Through a Government Regulation (GR), the government gave its go-ahead to the Sunil Gavaskar Foundation and now the reserved plot in the Bandra-Kurla complex can be turned into a multi-facility sports complex.
“Besides the decision on November 29, 2002, to grant permission for health club, fitness centre, gymnasium, swimming pool, squash, residential complex and sports cafeteria, based on the request by SGCFT in a letter dated January 27, 2021, permission is also granted for badminton, table tennis and football facilities,” ANI quotes from that Maharashtra government’s GR.
The permission has also been given to construct a medical facility centre and an auditorium in this training centre.
As per the allotment order, 25% of the profits generated from this centre will be given to the Maharashtra state government.
Sunil Gavaskar Foundation has also been directed to complete all the formalities in one month’s time and they have been asked to start construction on this plot within a year and complete the work in the next 3 years, ANI reports.
