The Assam cabinet has approved four bighas of land in the Palasbari revenue circle near Guwahati for the proposed Lovlina Boxing Academy, with the premium reduced to a nominal Re 1. The decision was announced by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday and clears the land-allotment step for the sports facility named after boxer Lovlina Borgohain.
Sarma announced the decision on X, saying the cabinet had “cleared the decks” for the academy. He said the facility would help “the next gen of Assam’s Lovlinas get the best training and make the nation proud.” The chief minister’s statement did not specify a construction start date, project cost, design, operating agency or completion timeline.
The land has been approved in the Palasbari revenue circle, an area near Guwahati. The cabinet decision covers a four-bigha plot and includes the waiver of the applicable land premium, bringing the amount payable for the allotment down to Re 1. The move places the state government’s land administration decision ahead of the physical development of the academy.
For the project to move from approval to operation, further details will be required on the agency responsible for construction and management, the source of funding, the training infrastructure to be provided and the permissions needed before work begins. None of those details were included in the announcement supplied by the chief minister or in the report.
The academy is being established in honour of Lovlina Borgohain, whose sporting achievements have been cited by the state government as the basis for the proposed institution. The cabinet’s decision links the creation of a dedicated training facility to a public objective of developing future boxing talent from Assam.
The announcement therefore represents a land and policy approval rather than the opening of a functioning academy. The next publicly stated milestones will be the release of the project’s implementation details and the start of construction, neither of which has been announced in the available information.
