Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today announced schemes aimed at giving a boost to sports infrastructure in the state. The schemes include a centre for high altitude training and a sports science academy. Jayalalithaa said in a suo moto statement in the state assembly that a High Altitude Training Centre will be set up at Udhagamandalam (Ooty) at a cost of five crore rupees. In an effort to encourage NCC students, she said the NCC Training Academy, being set up in Madurai, would have driving simulator, flight simulator and weapon simulator. The Chief Minister said this will give students an opportunity to get a real-feel in training. Underscoring the importance of science based higher level of training in sports, she said a Sport Science Centre, comprising facilities for anti-doping, sports medicine, sportsphysiology, psychology, bio-mechanics, nutrition and rehabilitation would be set up.The Centre would come up at Madurai at a cost of Rs five crore, she said. The Vellore based Special Development Centre for Weight Lifting run by the State Sports Development Authority would be upgraded as a Centre of Excellence at a cost of Rs. 2.45 crore. Satish Kumar Sivalingam who won Gold (weighlifting) in the Commomwealth Games held at Glasgow in 2014 got training in the Vellore Centre, she said.