Project Overview

Anini Stadium FIFA Standard Football Turf Ground, Arunachal Pradesh, is a ground breaking move in building world class sports infrastructures around the northeastern part of India. The project was built in a geographically remote and climatic tough area representing the ability to deliver international standard football facilities to challenging terrain.

The main aim of the project was to have a football playing facility of professional level that could sustain the growth of the grassroots, organized training, and professional matches as well as a catalyst to sporting culture in the area.

Project Objectives

• To build a FIFA-compliant football field in an area of strategic location but limited infrastructure.
• To ensure safe, consistent, and high-performance playing conditions of athletes.
• To facilitate the involvement of young people, urban football, and talent-finding.
• To allow hosting district and state-level tournaments.
• To develop a sustainable sports resource that would work well in high-altitude and different climatic conditions.

Important Product Characteristics & Programs

• Full size international standard football field built according to FIFA Quality standards.
• Artificial football turf system that is high-performance and equipped to be used intensively.
• Displacement construction designed to be stable on the terrain and endure in the long run.
• Superior drainage infrastructure that guarantees playability on all weather conditions and increased water runoff.
• Uniformity on top in surface performance with the best ball roll, traction and shock absorption.

Materials Used and Technological Highlights

• FIFA-rated synthetic football turf using fibers that are UV-stabilized.
• Elastic underlay material that acts as shock absorbers to help minimize the stress on the player due to high impact.
• Multi-layer constructed engineered stone base system developed under load bearing strength.
• Developed layers to collect heavy rains and snow-melt.
• Turf which is chosen to stand the high weather, change of temperatures and UV rays.

Problems and Solutions to Construction

Challenges

• Distant location of the project with a restricted access to logistics.
• Changing topography and climatic conditions.
• Conditions Long-term surface exposure in a high-altitude atmosphere is required.

Solutions

• Close scheduling of transport of materials and on-site implementation.
• Preparation of the base with precision so as to achieve uniformity on the surface.
• Use of climate resistant materials according to the physical conditions of the area.

Benefits to the Players and the Local community

• Offers a secure and professional grade playing field on training and competition.
• Minimizes risk of injury due to regular shock absorbing behaviour and conduct on the surface.
• Incentivizes young people and orderly football growth.
• Offers a community sports centre where sporting events, coaching schools and tournaments are hosted.
• Increases the visibility and participation in structured football events in the region.

Project Schedule and dates of completion

• Timeframe of the entire project: 3 months.
• Finished within the budgeted period.
• Failing to get commissioned and turned over as operational.

Unique & Noteworthy Aspects

• One of the limited FIFA-level football infrastructure built in an isolated northeastern area.
• Contrived to conform to performing tasks of a challenging terrain and climatic conditions.
• One of the landmark projects that have been employed to develop sports infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh.

Project Impact

The Anini Stadium football turf has resulted in the development of a lasting sporting asset that delivers not only benefits in terms of athletics development but also advances the mission of related engagement and sporting character. The project can be taken as an example of providing international level sports infrastructure in distant areas.