GCDA permits sponsor to complete remaining works by December 20

Thirteen renovation works astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) International Stadium successful Kaloor person either been completed oregon are astatine assorted stages of advancement by the sponsor of the now-deferred planetary affable involving World Cup winners Argentina, according to a connection issued by the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA), the stadium’s owner, connected Monday (December 1, 2025).

Further, support has been granted until December 20 to decorativeness the remaining works. The stadium was handed implicit to the Sports Kerala Foundation (SKF), a non-profit organisation nether the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, which acted arsenic the peculiar intent vehicle. SKF, successful turn, handed it implicit to the sponsor, Reporter Broadcasting Corporation (RBC), for the play betwixt September 26 and November 30 connected an ‘as is wherever is’ basis. GCDA took backmost possession of the stadium connected November 28, aft accounting for the works completed truthful far, based connected a determination taken astatine a gathering chaired by GCDA chairperson K. Chandran Pillai, said the statement.

“However, immoderate works stay to beryllium completed. RBC has submitted a docket to decorativeness them by December 20. Permission has been granted to transportation retired the works arsenic per the schedule,” the connection said.

The pending works see plastering and compound works on a agelong of 845 metres, completion of the compound partition followed by tarring of the parking ground, installation of sanitary fittings arsenic portion of the afloat renovation of toilets, installation of granite slabs and tiles connected histrion guards, cladding of the gateway astatine the main entranceway adjacent to the JLN Stadium metro station, and mounting of 292 LED lamps, already procured and stored astatine the stadium, connected the floodlight towers.

The connection added that the turf of the playing tract has been renovated to conscionable planetary standards, chairs connected the little tier person been wholly replaced, caller chairs person been installed successful the VIP area, toilet renovation is 90% complete, a compound partition has been constructed on 647 metres, granite works for 35 histrion guards person been completed, and the sponsor has assured a five-year defect liability play for the caller overgarment of overgarment applied to the stadium’s interior.

The GCDA sought to springiness a cleanable chit to the sponsor, stating that RBC, on with the authorities and SKF, had done everything imaginable to guarantee accelerated advancement and coordination of works. The GCDA had earlier faced sizeable disapproval for handing implicit power of the stadium to a backstage enactment without a due agreement.