Odisha government has decided to spend Rs 4124 crore on the development of sports infrastructure in the next five years. Chief Minister Mohan Majhi made the announcement on Wednesday while inaugurating the five-day inter-university sports competition at Dharanidhar University in Keonjhar on Wednesday. quotModern facilities for various sports including volleyball cricket football and athletics will be created in every block of our state. A total of Rs 4124 crore will be spent in five years for the development of sportsquot said Majhi. Must ReadPrevious govt overlooked sports infra in State Odisha CM quotThe government has allocated Rs 1319 crore for the Sports and Youth Affairs department in this yearrsquos budget. Every penny will be spent on developing young talents from Odisha. Keonjhar Sambalpur Berhampur and Koraput are being developed as sports hubs of the statequot he further said. quotCMrsquos Trophy has been launched as a revolutionary step to promote community-level sports and identify talent from the grassroots level. Starting from the block to the state level lakhs of athletes will participate in football athletics hockey and badminton championships for this trophyquot he added.