National Stadium will be the best in the world: Gill

Sports minister MS Gill on Monday expressed satisfaction at the renovation work being carried out at the National Stadium,saying state-of-the-art facilities will make it the best hockey stadium in the world. Gill specially praised the engineers for their pace of work at the stadium,which will host the World Cup and Commonwealth Games next year.

“Last year,I had visited National Stadium,at that time the basement was done. This year plenty of renovation work is being done,” Gill told reporters.

Gill visited the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium,Dr. Shyma Prasad Mukherjee Aquatics Complex and Talkatora Indoor Stadium to review the preparations for the 2010 games “I am happy with the work of the engineers and all the workers who have put in all their effort. It is definitely going to be elegant.

“I have made sure that there is ultra security in the stadium. It would become the best hockey stadium in the world,” the minister said during his 15-minute visit to the stadium.