Nagaland: Villagers Build 5,000 Seating-Capacity Indoor Stadium

Kohima: In order to host a grand wrestling event for nine villages, a temporary Indoor Stadium has been set up by the locals of Nagaland village with a seating capacity of 5,000 people.

The Indoor stadium has been constructed in the Thipuzu village that comes under the Phek district of Nagaland and the site is located 52 kilometers from Kohima.

The makeshift stadium of 210 * 210 feet has been constructed by the village residents by themselves and has been completed after a lot of effort.

Interestingly, the locals gave a theme to the stadium as 'Do It Yourself (DIY). The locals made stadium is gearing up to host the 29th Chokri Area Wrestling Association meet starting from today i.e. Thursday 20 January.

The green-colored stadium is constructed in between open grounds with the help of wood, tarpaulin, bamboo, and greenhouse nets.

The managing chairperson of the wrestling informed that to make the rooftop of the stadium about 1800 meters of greenhouse nets was required and to built the walls of the stadium about 100-kilogram tarpaulin was used.

At least 4 gates are provided for entry into the stadium among which there are two mini gates and two main gates. Space is also provided for parking purposes and for shops at the side of the stadium.

Notably, the stadium was completed within the time period of 14 days by a total of 30 local villagers without taking aid from any other sources or any type of blueprint. The team of people setting up the stadium was led by a villager named Medove Tetseo.

The DIY stadium shows the hard work, passion, and dedication of the villagers, who gave their best in making a well-built stadium for wrestling meets in the area.

It may be mentioned that about 230 people were involved in carrying out the construction equipment like woods, bamboo and others.

Veshuzo, the management chairman informed that an amount of Rs 80,000 was used to complete the construction of the indoor stadium.

It is believed that the same stadium will host the 7th edition of JCBKK (Japfüphiki Chokri Baptist Khriesarüü Krotho) which is a religious meet of the Chakhesang tribe from the Chokri area and Angami tribe from the southern area of Nagaland.

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