Shillong, jan 29: Today’s meeting today held in the official chambers of the commissioner Sports and youth affairs between Chairman IOA Coordination Commission and the GTCC with sports Department , MSOA, officials along with the two consultants E&Y an Collage design, who gave a presentation of the outline of the preliminary master plan the discussions would continue tomorrow after inspection of the Umsawli an jn stadium in the morning hours and will follow up with a meeting to be chaired by the sports minister.
The chairman IOA committee indicated that based on the preliminary presentation the national games can be conducted in 2022 but would require swift execution an implementation of the master plan the chairman IOA Coordination Commission also recommended for a meeting of the Goverment, MSOA and NSF of the IOA in Delhi to finalise the technical aspects of the venues and the field of play etc. at the earliest.
The meeting was chaired by Dr D Vijay Kumar D, IAS, Commissioner, Sports etc in presence of Smti. W.A.M. Booth, MCS, Director, Director Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt of Meghalaya, Shri. J Lakiang, Chief Engineer, State Sports Council, Shri. John F Kharshiing, Working President, MSOA, Shri. Chiranjib Choudhury, General Secretary, MSOA, Shri. Ian Lyngdoh, Vice President, MSOA & Member GTCC, and other officials.
The chairman also had an informal interaction with the members of the executive Council MSOA in the conference Hall where the discussions revolved around availability of infrastructure, ghe team preparation process of Meghalaya and practice venues. The chairman IOA Coordination Commission will be inspecting the proposed venue for the main stadium tomorrow 30-1-2020 starting at 8.30AM in the morning.
