The Khelo India Games were started to revive the sports culture in India. The 2021 Khelo India Games were postponed due to the COVID crisis. Now it will be organized in Haryana in January 2022.
Khelo India Youth Games 2022-23 will be organized in Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has recently approved to host the games from Bhopal. The cabinet also approved the allotment of 50-acre land for the establishment of the International Sports Complex.
The Madhya Pradesh government allocated Rs 176.59 crore for the first phase. Rs 15.56 crore will be spent on the operation and maintenance of the International Sports Complex. Separate funds will be allocated for Phase II and III.
The sports stadium is to be equipped with a hockey stadium with a capacity of 10,000 spectators, a football field with a capacity of 4,000 spectators, landscaping, parking areas, gardening, guardrooms, gates, internal service roads, street lights and sewage systems.
