National games:Medical college stadium opened
Junior football players in Kozhikode cheer up after the inauguration of Medical college stadium
Chief Minister Oomen Chandy inaugurated the synthetic stadium at the Medical College ground,Kozhikode.
The stadium has been renamed after Olympian Rahman by the C.M.
The renovated Medical college ground was built as per the requirements for national and international competitions,by spending Rs.14 crore.
It is expected to accommodate 1,400 people in three storeyed gallery.The stadium has 30,000 square feet length.
It is a long time dream for the football crazy people of Calicut to have an art of the state facility to practice and organise major football events.
This is the first stadium to be inaugurated ahead of the National games all over Kerala.
Being one of the venue of the National games,this stadium would be utilized for practice .
District Collector C.A.Latha,A.Pradeep Kumar M.L.A,Padmini Thomas,M.I.Shanavas M.P,Corporation Mayor A.K.Premajam spoke on the occasion.