Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), which has agreed in principle to allot 20 acres of land to Jharkhand State Cricket Association for construction of an international cricket stadium in the Balidih area, put forth a set of three conditions during a meeting with a team of JSCA officials on Saturday.

At the meeting with JSCA officials, BSL director in-charge Amarendu Prakash asked for adequate advertising rights for parent company Steel Authority of India (SAIL) inside and outside the stadium, seats for SAIL officials and invitees in VVIP boxes and representation of SAIL in the stadium’s management committee.

JSCA president Nafees Akhtar, who was present at the meeting, said, “This was our first meeting with the BSL director in-charge on the international cricket stadium project. It was very positive. BSL has asked for a few things, which we will get back on soon after discussions with our members”.

Director in-charge Prakash said the proposal for transfer of land to JSCA was on track. “We made positive progress. The detailed terms and conditions will be finalised soon for seeking clearance from the SAIL board,” he said and went on to compliment JSCA members for attending Saturday’s meeting.

Apart from JSCA president Akhtar, JSCA vice-president Ajay Nath Shahdev, secretary Sanjay Sahay, joint secretary Rajiv Badan, former secretary Rajesh Verma and former secretary Devashish Chakraborty were part of the visiting team.

The JSCA officials also visited the proposed site of the stadium near Visthapit College, Balidih, a first for many in the team. The JSCA team, along with Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan, also met deputy commissioner Rajesh Singh and discussed the project estimated to cost Rs 250 crore.

In the first week of February, the Union steel ministry had cleared the proposal for allotting BSL land to JSCA for a proposed cricket stadium.

MLA Narayan said, “It was in 2016 that JSCA begin searching for land which has now reached the final stages. Establishment of a cricket stadium of international standards will boost the development of the area beyond compare”.