Spread over 124 acres, the police academy will be built for the Commonwealth at a cost of crores of rupees.

Work has begun on a war footing to develop infrastructure to host Ahmedabad for Commonwealth 2030. The Karai Police Academy in Gandhinagar is also among the sports complexes and grounds being prepared for the Commonwealth Games and possibly the 2036 Olympics. Plans have been announced to develop the campus at the Karai Police Academy, which has been training Gujarat Police personnel since 2001, into a sports complex of Commonwealth Games standards. In the coming days, the Gujarat Police Academy will be renamed as 'Police Academy and Sports Hub'. A high-level movement is underway to develop a sports complex in Karai for the Commonwealth Games, to shift the police academy functioning here in whole or part to the police academy in Khalal. What kind of facilities are there for the training of police personnel in the academy spread over 124 acres and what kind of facilities will be set up here for the Commonwealth Games? The Karai Police Academy is an important training institute for the Gujarat Police. From 1985 to 2000, commandos were trained at Khalal. Later, in the year 2000, the Gujarat Police Training Academy was established on 124 acres of land at Karai. The first batch of police had been trained here in 2001. Later, various facilities were set up in the academy in a phased manner. At present, the academy has been expanded to 124 acres. The rest of the acres are in dispute. The academy also has a hostel with all the facilities from the admin office to the police personnel. In a conversation with a senior official of the Karai Police Academy and a visit to the spot, it was found that the entire round of the Karai Academy is three and a half to four kilometers. This 16-metre "walkway" is known as the riverfront. So far, 60,000 police officers have been trained here So far, more than 60,000 officers and police personnel of various ranks have been trained here. Many even planted trees during their training here. Which has become a banyan tree today. There is a dense forest of about 30,000 different species of trees here i.e. Oxygen Park. In which about a thousand sandalwood trees have been planted. At three places, about 7000 trees are grown using the Miyawaki method. Grounds available for Commonwealth Games There is a synthetic athletic track (which has been selected for the Commonwealth Games), three large parade grounds, a football ground, synthetic tennis and basketball courts, swimming pools, badminton courts. In addition, a separate "buffet range" has been created for the police personnel for firing practice. It is designed in such a way that even if there is a misfire during the training of shooting with different guns, the bullet remains in the designated area. Karai Sports Complex A state-of-the-art sports complex will come up on 124 acres at the Gujarat Police Academy at Karai, Gandhinagar. At the core of the multi-crore project is a state-of-the-art athletics stadium that can accommodate 50,000-55,000 spectators. The indoor multiuse ground will have retractable seating Along with this, an indoor multi-use ground will be built in Karai, with retractable seating, which will witness various events. Designed to seat 5,000 to 6,000 spectators, the ground will host other events, including weightlifting events, which will provide a variety of sports and recreational facilities, as well as a shooting centre. Which will be equipped to meet the needs of both freshers as well as professional shooters. Apart from this, there are also officers hostels for 95 police inspectors, training hostels for different cadres with a capacity of 100, PSI barracks with a capacity of 330, two hostels with a capacity of 300 for women and a men's hostel with a total capacity of 700 with a capacity of 300,400. Here the Mounted Unit, Commando Optics course is taught. Khalal likely to be shifted to police academy for sports complex At that time, there is a plan to build a sports complex for the Commonwealth Games at the 124-acre Gujarat Police Academy complex. Efforts are underway to shift part or the entire structure of the police academy to Khalal Academy by the end of 2026 for its world-class infrastructure. The hosting of the Commonwealth was planned years in advance. As part of this, a proposal was started to change the name of the Gujarat Police Academy to a sports hub. Following this, the top officials of the academy have written a letter to the government recommending that the Gujarat Police Academy be renamed as "Police Academy and Sports Hub". Preparations are underway to put the final seal on it. On the other hand, the news of shifting the Karai Police Academy has also spread a sense of shock in the police fleet. After years of hard work and hard work, the 124-acre barren land here has now become a police training academy with modern facilities amidst dense forests. It is also home to thousands of birds. Therefore, all the top police officers and police families want the structure to be set up for the Commonwealth without harming the existing forests in this complex.