The only notable presence at the national level is Gujarat’s two National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs). Yet even this highlights a sharp imbalance, with elite-level facilities in place while feeder systems below them remain statistically invisible.This contrast becomes sharper in the context of the sports planned for Ahmedabad 2030. The proposed programme includes athletics, para-athletics, swimming, para-swimming, table tennis, para-table tennis, bowls, para-bowls, weightlifting, para-powerlifting, artistic gymnastics, netball and boxing—disciplines that require deep talent pools and sustained athlete development.Yet Parliament has been informed that Gujarat has no SAI-supported grassroots athletes at present.The figures raise questions about whether a state can leap directly to hosting a mega multi-sport event without a functioning foundational athlete pipeline. While stadiums and venues can be constructed within fixed timelines, the development of competitive athletes demands years of systematic investment.Ahmedabad’s Commonwealth Games ambition thus stands divided between global approval abroad and domestic data at home—data that underscores the need for scrutiny, course correction and transparency as preparations move forward.
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Assam orders expulsion of 15 Bangladeshi nationals from Nagaon under Immigrants Act 1950
GUWAHATI: Invoking the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, the District Commissioner of Nagaon has issued separate orders…
