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Budhatalab Indoor Stadium  Raipur Panoramio View

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There is one side of India that the world knows well and recognizes. This is the side that features the wide roads and super-fast Metro trains in New Delhi, or the Bollywood stories and the glamour from Mumbai, or the burgeoning IT/BPO spheres in cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore.

But then there is another India, which houses the large majority of the Indian people, and which has overseen a quiet but incredible economical surge. This is Middle India: the bread-basket from where we get our people, our rice, and one of our most valuable produces, Iron.

And a little left to the middle of Middle India is the state of Chhattisgarh. Formed from separation off of Madhya Pradesh 11 years ago, the state of Chhattisgarh has had an accelerated rise in its economical profile. Once the country’s major agricultural processing centre, Chhattisgarh’s capital city of Raipur has now evolved into a commercial hub for coal, power, steel, and aluminum industries. There are hundreds and hundreds of steel rolling mills and iron and steel plants around this growing city.

As a state, Chhattisgarh has also made its mark felt in the sports sector, and especially in the world of Indian Sports. The state team is collected, trained, formed, and housed in and around the city of Bhilai: the Bhilai Steel Plant has had a major influence in shaping the face of Sports in the state. But in the state’s capital city of Raipur, though, the step towards sports and games seemed a long way away.

But it seems that things have turned a corner for this city: 3rd of February 2011, Chhattisgarh’s First Indoor Stadium, built by the city’s municipal corporation, and was inaugurated in Raipur. Within a week, the brand new Budhatalab Indoor Stadium in Raipur was ready to be tested. For the first time, the city of Raipur is playing host to a national level basketball championship, as the 25th IMG-Reliance Federation Cup National Basketball Championship tipped off at the stadium on Feb 10th. For six days, the best teams and players in the country will be competing for this prestigious championship, and they will be competing in Raipur.

The new stadium had an inauspicious start: According to Patel planning and work began 15 years ago, but was stalled in the middle due to several complications. A year ago, it was picked up by the city again, and was finally completed in time for this tournament.

Apart from basketball, the stadium also has facilities for other indoor sports like Handball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, and Badminton. It can fit a maximum audience capacity of 5,000.

First official game on this new court, Chhattisgarh defeated Tamil Nadu by an easy 30 points, after which the team’s captain Anju Lakra seemed more than happy with the new setting for basketball.

“It feels great to finally have a top quality indoor stadium in the state,” said Rajesh Patel, the honorary secretary of the CGPBA and one of the most dedicated coaches and talent scouts in the country, “Chhattisgarh has performed well over the years just by practicing on the outdoor courts. Now with better infrastructure, we hope that it will translate to more success for our teams.

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Stadium & Sports Complex RaipurChhattisgarh
	Stadium & Sports Complex RaipurChhattisgarh
	Masterplanning, architectural and associated design of the entire Sports complex including outdoor stadium of international standards, 5000 seat indoor stadium, swimming & diving pools and ancillary facilities.
		Planning & design for entire 22 acre site including landscaping, shopping, hostels, parking and services.
	Estimated Cost for the entire complex is 32 Crores.
		Total Built Area : 2,50,000 sft Site Area : 22 Acres Clients : Raipur Nagar Nigam Project Status : Ongoing Design Team : Piyush Prakash Anop Singh Rana Mohit Kansal Trilok Singh Struct. Consultant: HAKCONS (Arun Haku) Contractor : PD Agarwal (Indoor Stadium) : EPIL (Outdoor Stadium)
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