In the 1980s, the Left Front-led Government of West Bengal planned an indoor stadium of national standard in Howrah.

The stadium was constructed at Dumurjala, a neighborhood of Santragachi, Shibpur and Ramrajatala, by Howrah Improvement Trust and opened in 1997.

After that Howrah Municipal Corporation took the stadium and started using it for commercial needs.

[3] In 2018, West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) planned Dumurjala Sports City.

A meeting was held in Howrah among state Urban Development minister Firhad Hakim, Mayor Rathin Chakraborty and Debashis Sen, chairman, HIDCO, along with senior officials of HMC at HIDCO.