| Location |  New Delhi |
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| Owner | Delhi Development Authority |
The Yamuna Sports Complex is a sports complex located in New Delhi, India. Inaugurated in 1999, it has wide spectrum of sporting facilities. [1] It is owned by the Delhi Development Authority. It was one of the multiple venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The table tennis venue has a capacity of 4,297. It has two show court tables, eight match tables and 10 warm-up tables . The total area of the plot is 26,0000 square metres. Basement area is 26,000 square metres and the total plinth area is 43,765 square metres. It has wooden flooring in match courts and show courts. It has car parking facilities for 504 cars. The archery venue has a capacity of 1,500. The total area of the plot is 40,000 square metres. It has car parking facilities for 500 cars. It is located near the posh locality of Yojana Vihar, near Vivek Vihar and Shahdara localities. The nearest metro station to the sports complex is Karkardooma Metro station with a distance of about 2 km. Yamuna sports complex has state of the art Gymnasium facilities, clay & synthetic tennis courts and cricket ground. It also has astroturf hockey ground facility. A large stone sculpture "Aiming For Excellence" by noted sculptor, Amarnath Sehgal, was installed at the complex in January 2002. [2] It was the venue for Archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as well as Lawn bowls at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 4352 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event.
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Punjabi Bagh is a locality in the West Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is one of the three sub-zones of West Delhi.
The Sleeman Centre is a sporting and entertainment facility located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Construction of the centre was completed in 1982. Located on Old Cleveland Road in the suburb of Chandler, the centre is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Brisbane's CBD and is home to an aquatic centre, velodrome, sports arena, gymnastics training hall, gymnasium, and auditorium. The centre currently offers a range of services to the public, including indoor and outdoor community activities such as swimming, diving, health and fitness classes, a gymnasium, childcare facilities, and a children's pool and water slide.
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Yamuna Vihar is an affluent neighbourhood in North East Delhi. It is one of the posh colony of Delhi. It houses the zonal headquarters of the Directorate of Education, Delhi. Yamuna Vihar is near to Shahdara, Maujpur and Bhajanpura. Kashmiri Gate ISBT is around 6 km, Anand Vihar around 7 km, Delhi University, 7 km and Connaught Place around 20 min and 30 min drive respectively from Yamuna Vihar.
Sarita Vihar is a posh residential colony situated in South East Delhi, India. It is near the Kalindi Kunj- Noida Toll bridge or GD Birla Marg-Road 13A which connects the district to Noida. It is believed that the site was primarily chosen as the construction site for the Games Village of the 1982 Asian Games, however on the insistence of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the plan was changed to convert it into an upscale residential housing locality. In 2013, it was awarded the "Greenest Colony in Delhi" tag by the then Chief Minister of Delhi, Ms. Sheila Dikshit, credited to the efforts of its RWA members who have aggressively worked towards improving the state of parks and green spots in the locality.
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The 2010 Commonwealth Games venues were all located in the host city of Delhi.
The women's recurve individual archery event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was a competition held as part of the archery programme at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi, India, from 4 October to 10 October 2010. It was the second time that the recurve individual event for women had been included in the Commonwealth Games and the first time it had been contested since the 1982 Games in Brisbane, Australia.
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The Millennium Park Bus Depot is a major bus station located in Delhi, India. It is currently the largest bus depot in the world. Constructed primarily by the city's Public Works Department, the depot was inaugurated on 17 September 2010. The depot occupies an area of 243,000 m2, and has the capacity to park up to 1,000 buses at a time under shed, constituting 14% of the total parking capacity of all DTC depots combined. Though initially used exclusively for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the depot has been used as a regular bus station operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation post the Games. While the benefits of the depot were well-recognized, the depot was also the center of much controversy and criticism especially regarding its "temporary" nature and the violation of environmental norms.
Shreshtha Vihar is a posh residential colony situated in East Delhi which is adjacent to Uttar Pradesh. It consists mainly of kothis and villas. There are two apartments called Vivek Apartment and Gharonda Apartment. Many professionals reside here. It has many big parks and nearby Yamuna Sports Complex serves as the sports hub. Nearby localities are Jagriti Enclave, Surajmal Vihar, Hargovind Enclave, AGCR Enclave. D.A.V Public School Sreshtha Vihar is located at the outskirts of the colony. The colony has a Hindu temple and a community center for celebrating small occasions and has a central park. Nearby metro stations are Karkarduma and Anand Vihar on the blue line and Karkarduma court on the newly constructed pink line of Delhi Metro.
The DDA Netaji Subhash Sports Complex is a sports complex located in Jasola Vihar, New Delhi. Sports complex was inaugurated in 2000.
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