INTRODUCTION
SAI Western Regional Centre was established on 29 th August 1987 to implement the sports promotional schemes of SAI in the following States /UTs:
The State Govt. of Gujarat handed over the Sports complex with 64 acres to SAI initially. On 20th July 2010, the State Govt. of Gujarat took back over 7.5 acres out of the 64 acres for the development of the Mahatma Mandir Project and allotted 7.5 acres in Sector 25, Gandhinagar with a commitment to construct a new Guest House, Swimming Pool Filtration plant and a portion of the boundary wall affected in the process. Due to the regular National Coaching Camps conducted for Para Athletes in the discipline of Athletics, Power Lifting, Table Tennis & Swimming, the Centre has been nominated as a “Nodal Centre”.
| S. No | Sports infrastructure | Type | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athletic Track | Synthetic | 01 |
| 2 | Basketball court | Indoor | 02 |
| 3 | Badminton Court | Indoor | 02 |
| 4 | Cricket Ground | Cemented & Turf Pitch | 01 |
| 5 | Hockey field | Astro-turf | 01 |
| 6 | Football field | Grassy | 01 |
| 7 | |||
| Handball Courts | Clay | 03 | |
| Sand | 01 | ||
| 8 | |||
| Kabaddi Courts | Clay | 03 | |
| Sand | 01 | ||
| 9 | Sand | Clay | 01 |
| 10 | Volleyball Court | Clay | 04 |
| 11 | Swimming pool Complex | 50 m. | 01 |
| Scheme | No. of Centres | Residential | Non Residential | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
| NCOE | 01 | 99 | 67 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STC | 03 | 142 | 0 | 142 | 33 | 64 | 97 |
| Extension Centres of STCs | 06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| NSTC | 02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 39 | 125 |
| IGMA | |||||||
| Adopted Akharas | 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
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