kozhikode kozhikode district sports council has decided to approach the directorate of sports and youth affairs and the ministry of youth affairs and sports to get funding for the proposed swimming pool the port department had handed over the land at the kozhikode beach to the council the sports council has decided to approach the authorities concerned for the establishment of a swimming pool having international standards in malabar the council will soon meet the authorities concerned to hold a discussion to get fund for the materialization of the project though the sports council started the work in 2000 the same was halted midway following protests citing environmental problems the port department had handed over its 15 acre to the kozhikode district sports council in 1999 for an annual lease of rs 75500 though the council started the work of the swimming pool with an estimated sum of rs 175 crore in 2000 the same was halted midway following protests citing environmental problems the court had passed a judgment favourable to district sports council in 2005 the council then prepared a reestimation to carry out the work worth rs 35 crore in 2008 but the work was again halted midway owing to paucity of fund the council has again decided to approach the union sports ministry to get an additional sum of rs 4 crore to construct a swimming pool which would help the government to conduct international competitions k j mathai president of the kozhikode district sports council said that the council has already spent around rs 85 lakh for the land the proposal is to construct a pool 50 x 25m practice pool and dining facility the sum of rs 35 crore is insufficient and we need another additional rs 4 crore for the project said mathai the present swimming pool built with an estimated cost of rs175 crore using the fund of mla a pradeep kumar is conducting only training for children we will not handover the land to port department and are planning to start the project before 2015 said mathai port officer abraham v kuriakose said that the port department is planning to use the unused land handed over to the kozhikode district sports council to set up a maritime academy with an estimated cost of rs 32 crore