gauravtalwar dehradun the multisports facility at parade ground which was to be completed by the end of february this year is still stuck due to funds crunch the project has already failed to meet three deadlines july 2014 december 2014 and february 2015 mainly due to unavailability of funds majority of work in the first phase has been completed and minor issues like small repairs here and there have to be taken care of the day we get the money for giving final touches the process of handing over the facility to the sports department will begin immediately s k sarki dehradun district sports officer dso told toi it is to be noted that the work of laying synthetic grass on the tennis courts hockey grounds athletic track and basketball court is yet to start on the other hand the sports department is claiming that a huge amount of money is needed to lay synthetic tracks almost rs 20 crore is needed for laying synthetic grass on all the sports facilities and money would be sanctioned in parts for the second phase of work said ajay agarwal deputy director sports department inspection of the first phase work has been done and the agency constructing the facility was immediately asked to repair some minor things said agarwal the delay has also led to huge cost escalation the initial cost estimate of the project was rs 45 crore which later escalated to rs 95 crore however the initial plan did not include laying of synthetic grass and extra money will be sanctioned for the same the decision to upgrade the facility to meet international standards was taken after uttarakhand won the bid to host 2018 national games the delay has affected the preparations of sportsmen based in the state capital earlier hundreds of players used to practice in the area where the multisports facility is coming up although the sports department officials claims that even today around 250 sportspersons regularly practice in the ground once completed the multi sports facility will have an eightlane athletic track a football and hockey ground a basketball court a volleyball court four tennis courts three cricket practice pitches and a parking lot for around 400 vehicles payjal nigam is constructing the entire sports facility