Archive · 1 Jun 2025
Nalanda to Get Modern Indoor Shooting Range, Announces Deputy CM
The government is building a new indoor shooting range in Nalanda, Bihar.
It will be a modern facility, the first of its kind in eastern and northeastern India.
The project has received financial approval for over Rs 24 crore.
A 25x50-meter outdoor range will also be developed.
The existing 10-meter range is the second-best in India.
The new range aims to provide better training facilities for players.
Scoring will be automatic and online.
National-level matches have previously taken place in the existing facilities.
A new indoor shooting range will be constructed in Nalanda, Bihar.
Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary announced the project.
The facility will be the first modern range in eastern and northeastern India.
An administrative approval of over Rs 24 crore has been given for the project.
A 25x50-meter outdoor range will also be developed.
- Who
- Bihar's Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary and the state government
- What
- Construction of a new indoor shooting range
- When
- Announced on Sunday
- Where
- Nalanda, Bihar
- Why
- To provide improved facilities for players and host competitions
- Approved Amount
- Rs 24 crore
- Location
- Nalanda, Bihar
- Specific Location
- Kalyan Bigha
- Indoor Range Size
- 25x50-meter
- Existing Range Size
- 10-meter
- Existing Range Inauguration
- May 14, 2011