J-K: Construction of Srinagar’s international football stadium in full swing
The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration is working in full swing in order to host international football matches at the Bakshi football stadium in Srinagar.The stadium is expected to have a seating capacity of 18,000 people.The J&K administration had decided to turn the stadium into an International Football stadium with Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) norms under National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) with the budget of Rs 50 crores. However, the construction work came to a sudden halt due to COVID-19 induced lockdown but as the lockdown norms eased, the construction has been resumed.Arshid Hussain, site in-charge, said that the development of Bakshi stadium is being carried out under the FIFA norms. "We are building the synthetic track simil...