BHUBANESWAR: Members of the Institute of Town Planners India (ITPI) on Saturday recommended that the state government construct a sports complex in the city having facilities for promotion of wide range of sports activities to develop the city as ‘Sports Capital’ of the country in future.
The town planners who took part in the East Zone Conference of ITPI here also opined that the sports complex should focus on integrated sports facilities to ensure that it encourages other activities like tourism, conventions and festivals.
“The city which has the capacity to become future sports capital of the country should promote a wide-range of sport activities and create new sports culture,” New Indian Express quotes ITPI president DS Meshram as havimng said.
The government should take measures to develop sports infrastructure in Cuttack and Puri to diversify the sports activities. The town planners recommended to the state government to adopt Transit Oriented Development (TOD) concept at micro level for development of the smart city, the daily further reports.
