PATNA: The state govt has decided to construct a new indoor shooting range in Nalanda. It will be the first such modern facility in the east and northeast India, said deputy CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday.Choudhary, who also holds the finance portfolio in the Nitish Kumar govt, said an administrative approval has been given to an amount of over Rs 24 crore for the construction of a 25×50-metre shooting range on a vacant land in Kalyan Bigha of Nalanda district, which is also the native place of CM Kumar.“A 25×50-metre outdoor range will also be developed in the eastern and south-eastern side of the indoor shooting range. The new shooting range will provide the best of facilities to the players to practice for competitions,” he said. The deputy CM added an existing 14-year-old 10-metre indoor shooting range at Kalyan Bigha is the second-best in the country, but it does not serve the purpose because of the absence of a 25×50-metre range.The existing indoor range, inaugurated on May 14, 2011, first operated from the panchayat bhavan for more than five years, before the CM inaugurated a 35-lane range on Jan 1, 2017.Choudhary said this was the first such large and modern shooting range in eastern and northeastern India. “Here, scoring is also done automatically and online. Many national level matches have been held here. This is the second shooting range of this kind in the country after Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where weapons are also provided to the players,” he said.Patna: The state govt has decided to construct a new indoor shooting range in Nalanda. It will be the first such modern facility in the east and northeast India, said deputy CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday.Choudhary, who also holds the finance portfolio in the Nitish Kumar govt, said an administrative approval has been given to an amount of over Rs 24 crore for the construction of a 25×50-metre shooting range on a vacant land in Kalyan Bigha of Nalanda district, which is also the native place of CM Kumar.“A 25×50-metre outdoor range will also be developed in the eastern and south-eastern side of the indoor shooting range. The new shooting range will provide the best of facilities to the players to practice for competitions,” he said. The deputy CM added an existing 14-year-old 10-metre indoor shooting range at Kalyan Bigha is the second-best in the country, but it does not serve the purpose because of the absence of a 25×50-metre range.The existing indoor range, inaugurated on May 14, 2011, first operated from the panchayat bhavan for more than five years, before the CM inaugurated a 35-lane range on Jan 1, 2017.Choudhary said this was the first such large and modern shooting range in eastern and northeastern India. “Here, scoring is also done automatically and online. Many national level matches have been held here. This is the second shooting range of this kind in the country after Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where weapons are also provided to the players,” he said.