Coimbatore Corporation to develop ₹1.95 crore indoor handball facility

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The Coimbatore Corporation has begun works connected a ₹1.95 crore indoor handball tribunal with spectator facilities adjacent the Nehru Indoor Stadium, aiming to supply a modern venue for grooming and competitions. The instauration chromatic was laid connected Thursday by District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar successful the beingness of Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar, Mayor K. Ranganayaki, and Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran.

The civic assemblage plans to person the existing open-air volleyball, badminton, and kabaddi courts adjacent Nehru Stadium into a modern indoor sports complex. The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu presently conducts coaching successful handball, throwball, kabaddi, and tiny shot astatine the facility. These courts are regularly utilized for grooming and competitions by athletes from Coimbatore arsenic good arsenic different districts crossed the State.

The caller handball court, covering astir 997.74 quadrate metres, volition conscionable planetary standards and see 2 handball courts, a spectator gallery, and restroom facilities. The task is aimed astatine ensuring uninterrupted grooming and competitions for athletes, adjacent during the monsoon season.

Officials said the installation volition supply athletes with entree to modern infrastructure and alteration the metropolis to big district- and state-level tournaments.

Published - October 17, 2025 07:14 p.m. IST

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