BSS
The newly constructed longed-for world-class swimming pool in Chattogram city will open next month.
Construction work and necessary fixtures and furnishings with eye catching decorations of the pool have been completed at a cost of TK 11.61 crore, built under the auspices of Chattogram Jila Krira Sangstha (CJKS).
The sports fans are now counting down the day of opening of the swimming pool with capacity of over 5,000 spectators. The swimming pool was finally constructed following the straight intervention of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
This is the first-ever swimming pool (SP) constructed after emergence of Bangladesh on one acre of land at M A Aziz outer stadium in the heart of the city.
The construction works of the pool began in March 2017, Ali Abbas, Vice President of Divisional Krira Sangstha told BSS. Chattogram City Mayor and General Secretary of CJKS AJM Nasir Uddin will inaugurate the swimming pool in next Month, he added.
“The eight lanes swimming space of the pool has 50 meters length and 22 meters width,” Ali Abbas said.