Lok Sabha Question No. 2350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-04
Subject: Synthetic Tracks
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

# GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

# MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

# DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS

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# LOK SABHA

# UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2350

# TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2015

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Synthetic Tracks

2350. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

(a) 	the number of shooting ranges and 400 meters synthetic tracks available in the country, location-wise;

(b) 	whether the Government proposes to set up more shooting ranges and 400 meters synthetic tracks in the other parts of the country and to improve the existing facilities in connection with the shooting ranges; and

(c) 	if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

**ANSWER**

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

(SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) The details of Sports Authority of India (SAI) managed full-fledged shooting ranges in the country are as under:

|   **Sl.**  **No.** | **Location**           | **Name of Stadium / Centre**                  |
|--------------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|                 1. | Tughlakabad, New Delhi | Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range Complex        |
|                 2. | Karnataka              | SAI Netaji Subhash Southern Centre, Bangalore |

The 400 meter synthetic track available with SAI in the country are as under:

|   **Sl.**  **No.** | **Location**   | **Name of Centre / Stadium**                                        | **No. of 400 meters synthetic track**   |
|--------------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|                 1. | New Delhi      | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium                                            | 2 Nos.                                  |
|                 2. | Punjab         | Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports, Patiala                | 2 Nos.                                  |
|                 3. | Punjab         | Tarntaran                                                           | 1 No.                                   |
|                 4. | Haryana        | SAI Northern Centre, Sonepat                                        | 1 No.                                   |
|                 5. | West Bengal    | SAI Eastern Centre, Kolkata                                         | 1 No.                                   |
|                 6. | Madhya Pradesh | SAI Central Regional Centre, Bhopal                                 | 1 No.                                   |
|                 7. | Gujarat        | SAI  Western Centre, Gandhinagar                                    | 1 No.                                   |
|                 8. | Uttar Pradesh  | SAI Centre Lucknow                                                  | 1 No.                                   |
|                 9. | Maharashtra    | SAI Training Centre (STC), Kandivali (Mumbai)                       | 1 No.                                   |
|                10. | Karnataka      | SAI Southern Centre, Bangalore                                      | 1 No.                                   |
|                11. | Assam          | SAI North Eastern Centre, Guwahati                                  | 1 No.                                   |
|                12. | Meghalaya      | SAI North Eastern Centre Special Area Games, Shillong               | 1 No.                                   |
|                13. | Manipur        | SAI Netaji Subhash North Eastern Centre, Imphal                     | 1 No.                                   |
|                14. | Kerala         | Laxmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Trivandrum | 1 No.                                   |

Details of shooting ranges and synthetic athletic tracks maintained by other agencies are not maintained in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

(b) & (c): At present, there is no such proposal under consideration

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