Nagpur Municipal Corporation to Expand Imamwada Ground into Multi-Sports Facility

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has announced plans to redevelop the Imamwada ground into a multi-sports facility, with an estimated outlay of ₹3.47 crore earmarked for the project. The move adds Imamwada to a growing list of neighborhood-level sports infrastructure across Nagpur that the civic body is looking to upgrade, as the city continues a broader push to expand access to organized sporting infrastructure beyond its larger, marquee venues.

Imamwada, located in central Nagpur, has functioned as an open ground used informally by residents for years, without dedicated multi-sport infrastructure. The proposed redevelopment is expected to formalize the space, bringing it in line with other municipal grounds the NMC has funded in various wards – projects that typically include boundary walls, leveled playing surfaces, basic seating, and provisions for multiple sports such as cricket, football, kabaddi or volleyball within a shared footprint.

As with comparable ward-level projects the NMC has taken up elsewhere in the city, the scale of funding suggests a facility aimed at community and recreational use rather than a venue built for competitive or spectator-level events.

The Imamwada upgrade comes as Nagpur’s sports infrastructure gets a much bigger boost at the district level. The Maharashtra government has approved ₹100 crore crore for the Nagpur District Sports Complex, part of a state-wide policy under which divisional, district and taluka-level sports complexes receive tiered construction grants.

That funding builds on the state’s separate, larger commitment to Nagpur’s Divisional Sports Complex in Mankapur, which received an initial ₹100 crore allocation in March 2023 before the state cabinet later approved a revised budget of ₹746.99 crore to bring that venue up to international standards, complete with a swimming pool, squash and tennis courts, an archery range, and football and hockey facilities.

Together, the district and divisional-level investments point to Nagpur building sports infrastructure across multiple tiers – from the ₹100 crore District Sports Complex down to smaller ward-funded grounds like Imamwada – as the city works to expand access at both the elite and grassroots levels.