Now, in the last week of this month, Rs 10 lakh lease fee will be deposited, and the land will be handed over to the UPCA. Sharma also said that it is possible that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may lay the foundation of the international cricket stadium in June this year.Ĭonfirming the visit of Shah and Shukla, the divisional commissioner said, "BCCI and UPCA officials held some rounds of talks with the district administration officials regarding the construction of the cricket stadium. After this, the UPCA will construct its own stadium (on this land)." In lieu of the lease, the UPCA will give Rs 10 lakh every year to the UP government. This land will be given to the UPCA on a 30-year lease by the end of this month.
Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner of Varanasi, Kaushal Raj Sharma said, "The Uttar Pradesh government has purchased 31 acres of land from the Rajatalab area (of Varanasi) from farmers at almost Rs 120 crore. It will be the third such stadium in the state after Green Park in Kanpur and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana stadium in Lucknow, where international matches will be played," UPCA director Yudhvir Singh told PTI on Sunday. "The Uttar Pradesh government has identified around 31 acres of land in Ganjari village in Rajatalab tehsil (of Varanasi) for the construction of the international cricket stadium. The state government has purchased a land measuring 31 acres in Rajatalab area of Varanasi for the international cricket stadium, and the land will be handed over to the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association ( UPCA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI) by the end of this month, according to officials.īCCI's honorary secretary Jay Shah and BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla had visited Varanasi earlier this week in this regard. After Lucknow and Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh is set to get its third international cricket stadium in Varanasi and the work on the same will commence by May-June this year.
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