Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Youth Affairs and Sports Malik Umar Farooq said on Saturday that high performance cen-ters would be established across the province to impart training to the budding players in accordance with modern lines.
Talking to a delegation of differ-ent sports organizations here, he said the govern-ment had increased sports budget up to 200 per cent which would be spent on mega projects and in this connection, the government had initiated various projects to improve sports infrastructure in the prov-ince.
He said the government was committed to promote healthy sports activities and in this regard, soft sports grounds were also being established in Punjab.
He said that 100 grounds had so far been set up while 250 more grounds were being established and the project would be completed with an esti-mated cost of Rs 500 million. Soft sports grounds would also help to hunt best talent from Mohallah level, he added.
