Bihar Gears Up for Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games 2025: Infrastructure Upgrades Underway

In the presence of Secretary of Building Construction Department, Shri Kumar Ravi, an important meeting was organized regarding improving various sports complexes located in the state for organizing Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games-2025 in Bihar. Director General of Bihar State Sports Authority Ravindran Shankar, senior officials of Building Construction Department, engineers and many others attended this meeting. On this occasion, many important points were discussed including preparing Pataliputra Sports Complex, Rajgir Sports Complex and Kalyan Bigha Shooting Range as per the standards of various sports for the successful organization of Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games-2025.

Director General of Bihar State Sports Authority Ravindran Shankar informed that Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games-2025 are likely to be held in Bihar in the month of April next year. For this, Pataliputra Sports Complex, Rajgir Sports Complex and Kalyan Bigha Shooting Range are to be upgraded according to the sports. Para Games will be organized a week after the Khelo India Youth Games. He informed that the opening ceremony is to be held at the Patliputra Sports Complex. Discussions were also held regarding the live telecast of the matches and necessary instructions were given to the concerned officer regarding this.

The Secretary of the Building Construction Department said that the Building Construction Department is fully committed to develop the sports grounds of the state according to the facilities of national and international level games and players. Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games - 2025 are being organized for the first time in the state. Many guidelines were given to prepare the sports complex according to the games. He directed the concerned officer and engineer to speed up the process. The Secretary directed to complete the tender process soon and prepare Patliputra Sports Complex, Rajgir Sports Complex and Kalyan Bigha Shooting Range for Khelo India Youth Games and Para Games on time.

Along with this, the construction work of the cricket stadium under construction in Rajgir was also reviewed in the meeting. In the meeting, the Secretary was informed that the construction work of the cricket stadium is going on at a fast pace. The secretary directed to expedite the work to make the cricket stadium playable by June.

Sports like hockey, boxing, swimming, table tennis, kabaddi, volleyball will be organized at Rajgir sports complex while sports like basketball, rugby will be organized at Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna. There was a discussion on increasing the shooting range to 25 meter and 50 meter range at Kalyan Bigha shooting range.