Munnar : There is a new reason to smile and to cheer for all those keralites with a penchant for sports. The first ever high-altitude sports training centre in the State of Kerala will be inaugurated by State Sports Minister M. Vijayakumar at Munnar, this Sunday.
Located at an amazing altitude of 1460 metres from sea level, it offers state of the art training facilities such as athlete tracks, volleyball court and hostel facilities for sports persons .
This is the second high-altitude sports training centre in India, the first one being in Himachal Pradesh. The Indian sports personnel qualified for Beijing Olympics will be the first batch to undergo a 40 day training camp in this centre. The work of this centre was started way back in 1995 and so far a sum of 57.9 million has been spent by the government on this training centre.
In the next phase of expansion other facilities such as swimming pool, synthetic tracks and techno-gym will be added, making it a full fledged training facility to meet the aspirations of the sports loving populace of the country. Lack of international quality training facilities is cited to be one of the major reasons for the appalling performance of the Indian team in many International sports meet. Facilities like these can go a long way in improving the caliber and mettle of the local players at par with the best.
