All weather swimming pools, which had been closed for the last eight months due to the Covid lockdown, are set to open from January 1 under the guidelines issued by Chandigarh Administration.
However, only national-level players will be able to practice in these pools.
The UT Sports Department opened the Sector 23 all-weather swimming pool for professionals from December 28. Sources said the pool would open only for international/ national/state/competitive swimmers, who will have to submit the result of Covid-19 test every week. The swimmers also have to submit an undertaking before attending practice sessions.
The swimmers will be called in small batches and will train under the supervision of coaches and staff members. For regular upkeep, the pool arena (outside swimming pool) will be sanitised and usage of common bathing facility is also likely to be prohibited.
There is an all weather swimming pool in Sector-23, which is open two seasons in a year. The first season is from April to October and the second from November to March. This time due to Covid, the all weather swimming pool is starting after two months. In October, the MHA had approved opening of swimming pools for pro-swimmers and thereafter, the department was planning for the same. Only one swimming pool — the all-weather swimming pool in Sector 23 — was expected to be open for trainees as it has the facility to maintain the water temperature.
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