Shri. Bijoy Krishna Handique, Minister of Mines & DoNER has approved the sanction of the project pursuant to the recommendation of the Expenditure Finance Committee Meeting held on 26th July 2010, which was chaired by Secretary (DoNER). The expenditure for the project would be met from the Plan Funds of the North Eastern Council to the extent of 90 % of the approved cost .The project will be implemented by the Public Works Department of the Government of Mizoram. The target date of completion of the project is March, 2013.
The Ministry of DoNER has also sanctioned the construction of a State Sports Academy at Zabowk in Mizoram. In its meeting held recently, the NLCPR (Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources) Committee of the Ministry approved the project at a total cost of Rs.17.51 Crores. The funds towards this will be met from the NLCPR Fund administered by the Ministry. The proposed academy will have a range of state of art facilities for both indoor and outdoor games along with accommodation facilities including Boys & Girls’ Hostels, Guest House, Administrative buildings, etc. Shri. Handique said that augmenting sports infrastructure in the region was one of the prerogatives of the Ministry in accordance with the recent initiatives mooted by him for Youth Promotion and Welfare in the region.