Nike has developed a technology, aptly named Nike Grind, that uses recycled material from used athletic shoes and scraps of their manufacturing process to create raw material that can be used to pave sports surfaces including tracks.
It got me thinking, forget creating sports surfaces from recycled material, how many synthetic running tracks do we have in India? Kerala, for instance, has only two — one in Trivandrum and more recently one in Kochi. The one in Trivandrum came up first, was made many years ago and is reportedly in tatters, quite literally, making it unusable. The one in Kochi, having been made recently, is in good condition. What about other states? After many futile searches, I stumbled upon a site that seems to have a list. You can find it here.
Only question is how up to date this list is. Nevertheless it is a a good compilation. In any case, for a country of a billion plus people, 56 synthetic tracks (assuming that all the ones listed here are in good working and usable condition) is abysmally inadequate.
I reproduce the list below:
|
NO |
State |
City |
Location |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
GMC Balayogi Stadium Practice Track, Gachibowli, Hyderabad |
|
3 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
SVP Police Academy Hyderabad |
|
4 |
Assam |
Guwahati |
Indira Gandhi athletic stadium Sarusajai Guwahati |
|
5 |
Assam |
Guwahati |
Indira Gandhi athletic stadium Practice track Sarusajai Guwahati |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
Sector 46 Sports Complex |
|
7 |
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
Sector 56 Sports Complex |
|
8 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Nehru Stadium lodi road new delhi |
|
9 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Nehru Stadium Warm up track lodi road new delhi |
|
10 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Tayagraj stadium , New Delhi |
|
11 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Chhatrasal stadium, New Delhi |
|
12 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
CWG Games Village , Akshardham Temple |
|
13 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Yamuna Sports Complex East Delhi |
|
14 |
Goa |
Peddem |
Peddem Sports Complex |
|
15 |
Gujrat |
Gandhinagar |
SAI Western centre Gandhinagar |
|
16 |
Haryana |
Hissar |
Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Hissar |
|
17 |
Haryana |
Sonepat |
Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai Sonepat |
|
18 |
Haryana |
Panchkula |
|
|
19 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Dharamshala |
|
|
20 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Harimpur |
Government Degree College, Hamirpur |
|
21 |
Jharkhand |
Jamshedpur |
JRD TATA Sports Complex Jamshedpur |
|
22 |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
National Games Stadium |
|
23 |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
Kanteerava Sports Complex Bangalore |
|
24 |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
SAI Southern Sports Centre Mysore Road Bangalore |
|
25 |
Karnataka |
Belgaum |
Nehru Stadium, Belgaum |
|
26 |
Karnataka |
Chitradurga |
|
|
27 |
Karnataka |
Madikeri |
Sports School, Kudige, Kodagu District |
|
28 |
Karnataka |
Mysore |
|
|
29 |
Karnataka |
Gadak |
|
|
30 |
Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala University Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram |
|
31 |
Kerala |
Kochi |
Maharaja’s College Stadium, Kochi |
|
32 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
Tatya Tope Stadium New Market Bhopal |
|
33 |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
Priyadarshani Park Ground, Nepean Sea Road Malabar Hill Mumbai |
|
34 |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
SAI Sports Complete Akurli Road Kandivali (E) Mumbai |
|
35 |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
University Sports Complex , Kalina Mumbai |
|
36 |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
Sanas Ground Opp Nehru Stadium Pune |
|
37 |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Balewadi Pune |
|
38 |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Warm up track Balewadi Pune |
|
39 |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
Army Sports Institue Ghorpadi Pune |
|
40 |
Manipur |
Imphal |
National Games sports complex Imphal |
|
41 |
Orissa |
Bhubaneshwar |
Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar |
|
42 |
Punajb |
Ludhiana |
Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana |
|
43 |
Punajb |
Patiala |
NSNIS Sports Complex Main Track Patiala |
|
44 |
Punajb |
Patiala |
NSNIS Sports Complex Track 2 Patiala |
|
45 |
Punajb |
Tarn Taran |
SAI Tarn Taran Stadium |
|
46 |
Punajb |
Mohali |
Mohali Sports Complex |
|
47 |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
Sawai Man Singh stadium, Jaipur |
|
48 |
Taminadu |
Chennai |
Nehru Stadium Periamet, Chennai |
|
49 |
Taminadu |
Madurai |
District Sports Complex Madurai |
|
50 |
Taminadu |
Coimbatore |
Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore |
|
51 |
Taminadu |
Trichy |
|
|
52 |
Taminadu |
Nagercoil |
|
|
53 |
Taminadu |
Tirunelveli |
|
|
54 |
Uttar pradesh |
Lucknow |
Guru Govind Singh Sports College Lucknow |
|
55 |
Uttar pradesh |
Lucknow |
PAC Stadium Mahanagar Lucknow |
|
56 |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
Salt Lake Sports Stadium Salt lake Kolkata |