Sukhbir: Punjab Gold Cup from September 22

Decks have been cleared to host the Four-Nation Punjab Gold Cup Hockey Tournament from September 22 to October 2 and all the six floodlit hockey stadiums would be ready by August 30.

Punjab deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal today reviewed the progress of construction work of the entire stadium in a high level meeting in which representatives from Sports Department, GMADA and GLADA, Improvement Trust Jalandhar participated.

Badal said it was a matter of great pride for Punjab as state was hosting this tournament for which consent of participation had already been received from other three countries — Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina.

Badal said these world class stadiums with astroturf, and floodlights installed by GE International, would be the best stadiums in the country.

It was informed in the meeting that the hockey stadiums in Government Barjindra College Faridkot, Olympian Prithipal Singh Hockey Stadium PAU Ludhiana, Hockey Stadium GNDU, Amritsar, Hockey Stadium Rajindra College Bathinda, Sports Complex Mohali would be ready by August 30 and remaining multipurpose stadiums in Bathinda, Sangrur, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Mansa, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana would be ready by September 30.