Minister Aluthgamage donates Rs. 5 million for Kandy Stadium

by Upananda Jayasundera, Kandy Sports Special Cor.

Kandy will get a new football ground to International standard as work has now begun on the former Dangolla Municipal Playground to bring it to international level.

The energetic Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has allocated Rs. 5 million for the project and a team of officials from he Football Federation of Sri Lanka headed by energetic President Ranjith Rodrigo and top ranking team of officials were in Kandy rcently to inspect the area where the stadium is to come up. All the facilities that go with a fashionable stadium will be there. Besides the ground proper, there will be other facilities like a modern pavilion that will have modern dressing rooms for the players and there will be facilities for the media too.

According to well informed sources, the Sri Lanka Football Federation is keen in having a dialogue with the International Football Federation in building the stadium to international specifications. So, Kandy will have a Football Stadium to international specifications.