Assam government is trying to play host to National Games either in 2025 or 2027

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the state-of-the-art National Centre of Excellence for badminton at Amingaon in Guwahati today. He also laid the foundation of Amingaon Sports Complex involving a financial outlay of Rs. 320 crore at Amingaon.

It may be noted that the Centre of Excellence for Badminton has 16 courts, 3553 seats for spectators, and a hostel for players and quarter for the coaches, has been built on a 40 thousand square feet areas.

Speaking on the occasion, Sarma said that the National Centre of Excellence for Badminton will provide critical impetus to training and talent development for badminton. The Chief Minister said that the proposed sports complex in Amingaon will have a games village for the players.


He also said that State government is trying to play host to National Games either on 2025 or 2027. Giving a snapshot of all activities that the government has proposed for infrastructure development of sports in the state, Sarma said that the existing Nehru Stadium will be renovated with all state of the art facilities. Rs. 500 crore will be involved in the renovation exercise with 50 thousand seat capacity. Moreover, another stadium will be constructed in Chandrapur. An Olympic standard swimming pool is being built at Amingaon. Once completed the pool will provide excellent Olympic standard swimming facilities to the players.