coimbatore the sports development authority of tamil nadu sdat is going to construct an indoor stadium and a swimming pool inside the central prison complex here the authority has decided to spend rs8cr on the projects sdat principal secretary vk jayakodi district collector archana patnaik corporation commissioner s ganesh and other revenue officials visited the site on thursday evening jayakodi directed the sdat officials to prepare a detailed project report dpr coimbatore city has an open air stadium nehru stadium which was constructed in 1975 officials from sdat and other departments had been taking various steps to setup an indoor stadium in the city but due to various reasons the project never took off the prison authorities have handed over 563 acres of land to the corporation for the development of sports the sdat had already sanctioned 15cr to construct the indoor stadium 175cr to construct a swimming pool and 60l to construct a sports hostel in coimbatore city now the sdat plans to spend 8cr to construct the above buildings it will be responsible for the maintenance of the stadium and swimming pool the stadium will have facilities to play volleyball basketball table tennis shuttle cock and gymnastics