PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has designed a project for the establishment of an international standard cricket stadium in Kalam, the famous tourist resort in Swat district.

The proposed stadium will be established on 120 acres already available. The project will be completed with an estimated cost of Rs358 million in two years. Besides other facilities, the proposed stadium will have a capacity to accommodate 6,000 spectators, said an official statement.

Instead of cement concrete, artificial wood will be used in most of construction of the stadium to maintain natural beauty of the area. A meeting to review progress on the proposed project was held with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair wherein proposed design of the stadium was presented.

The statement said the chief minister directed the concerned authorities for necessary steps to start work on the project. Secretary sports Abid Majeed and DG sports Asfandyar Khattak also attended the meeting.

The meeting was informed that a suitable piece of land measuring over 600 kanals was available in Kalam for construction of sports infrastructure of which only 120 acres were required for the cricket stadium.

Mahmood Khan directed the authorities to design projects for setting up a football ground and park on the access land.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2021