BSS, Dhaka:
Two artificial turfs — Kamalapur Stadium and artificial turf adjacent to the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) building — under FIFA Forward Project have been formally inaugurated on Tuesday.
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan inaugurated the turf of Kamalpur Stadium in the morning while BFF President Tabith Awal opened the turf adjacent to BFF Bhaban in the afternoon.
After inaugurating the two turfs, a joint press conference with the Sports Advisor was scheduled for the BFF Bhaban but due to the advisor’s busy schedule, he did not attend the inauguration of the BFF Bhaban adjacent turf. Therefore, BFF President Tabith Awal had to appear in front of the media.
The renovation work of the two turfs began on December 17, last year and BFF officially got possession of this turf today, said the BFF president. FIFA has provided 1.3 million for these two turfs.
Tabith Awal informed that Greenfield, a FIFA-certified company, supervised the two turfs and also hired subcontractors. BFF only provided local logistical support. The term of this turf is 15 years.
The BFF committee, led by its president, has undertaken many new activities in these 11 months. However, grassroots domestic football games have not been launched because of ground problems, with two turfs now operational, BFF now wants to host age-based international tournaments.
