U.P. Races the Clock: CM Demands Timely Completion of Sports Projects

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told officials that every sports-related construction project—from the state’s first sports university to division-level colleges and constituency-wide mini-stadiums—must be finished “on time and with quality.” chairing a review with the Sports, Youth Welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) departments, the CM set a strict monitoring cadence: monthly checks by ministers, fortnightly reviews by the principal secretary, and weekly updates from senior officials, with negligent agencies to face accountability.

Only three of the state’s 18 divisions currently host a sports college, while three more are under construction; Adityanath ordered that work in the remaining 12 divisions be “accelerated” so each division gains a Centre of Excellence linked to the forthcoming state sports university. He also reiterated plans for a mini-stadium in every assembly constituency and called for disaster- and traffic-management training for PRD volunteers to broaden the social impact of the scheme.