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Sports News | Delhi Golf Club's Lease Extended Till 2050, Govt Tells Lok Sabha
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New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI) The government has extended the lease of Delhi Golf Club till 2050 considering its request to bring the club to international standards, especially with golf becoming part of the Olympic Games since 2016, Lok Sabha was informed Thursday. In a written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu said the Delhi Golf Club was established as a municipal course in the early 1930s and was earlier known as Lodhi Golf Club. Also Read | LSG vs MI Dream11 Team Prediction, IPL 2025: Tips and Suggestions To Pick Best Winning Fantasy Playing XI for Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians. He said that the lease of the land allotted earlier has been extended from time to time. "The last lease extension was done on 19th July, 2012 on the request of the Delhi Golf Club, till the year 2050. This extension was done taking into consideration the request of The Delhi Golf Club for bringing the club to international standards, since golf would be a part of Olympic games from 2016," Sahu said in his reply. Also Read | Mohsin Naqvi Becomes New ACC President, PCB Chairman Succeeds Sri Lanka’s Supremo Shammi Silva. According to the minister, for upgrading the infrastructure for this purpose, the Delhi Golf Club had requested for a lease extension till 2070, for long term planning. The club's lease was expiring in 2020, hence in order to meet this requirement, the government approved lease extension only till 2050, he added. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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