Port Blair, Dec 29: The Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to repair the velodrome of Netaji sports Complex as per the international standard under Khelo India initiative and also to construct a velodrome of internationally approved specifications at Car Nicobar for creating more cycling opportunities for the children of Nicobar District at their place of residence
In a letter addressed to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Member of Parliament said that this is a matter of extreme pride that we have many international level cyclists in Andaman and Nicobar Islands like Deborah Herold, Master EsowAlben and David Beckham, who have brought laurels for our Islands in national as well as international level.
He said that all these cyclists and many others budding cyclists have got initial training in the lone velodrome of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and later they got specialised training in mainland India.
He added that the lone velodrome is in very bad shape and training on this velodrome can lead to serious accidents to the cyclists, which ultimately can spoil the career of any future budding cyclists.
The Member of Parliament pointed out that the existing Rajiv Gandhi Velodrome at Netaji Stadium Sports Complex, Port Blair has inherent technical defects since it’s construction way back in the year 1995, which needs to be identified and rectified.
He mentioned that the velodrome needs a total makeover so that not only local level but also international level training can be imparted in the velodrome. This will certainly produce more and more international level cyclists from these Islands, which will bring more medals for India in future.
