The new swimming pool at Yemmekere in Mangalore city will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on November 24. Dakshina Kannada in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the inauguration of the new swimming pool constructed by the Mangalore Smart City Limited (MSCL) will be on the day when the three-day 19th National Masters Swimming Championship will begin in Mangalore. The inauguration will be in the morning and the championship will start from afternoon in the same swimming pool.

MSCL General Manager (Technical) K.S. Arun Prabha said the new ₹24.5-crore swimming pool on the second floor has 50×25 metre 10-lane Olympic-sized pool, 25×10 metre practice pool, and a 6×13.8 metre children’s pool.

Tejomaya, convener of Yemmekere Swimming Committee, said representatives of the State and the national swimming federations will visit the pool on November 5 and review arrangements for the first competition.