Centre has approved a special package of Rs 1000 crore to strengthen sports infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Minister for youth Services and Sports Taj Mohiuddin declared the package at a meeting convened to review the functioning of department of Youth Services and Sports in Srinagar on Wednesday. The Minister said, under this package, a sports complex comprising both indoor and outdoor facilities would be constructed in every block of the State, besides a sports field would be constructed in every panchayat.The Minister also mentioned that work has already started on some ambitious projects in the State. Astro turf grounds are being readied at TRC Srinagar and Azad Gunj Baramulla, while the foundations of Rs 18 crore sports complex and a Football academy have already been laid. The Minister impressed upon the officers to further augment and strengthen sports infrastructure in the state inview of the growing demand from youth.