Calcutta, Nov. 5 :    Calcutta, Nov. 5:  The government is said to have given administrative approval to an amount of Rs 1.75 crore for the facelift of Yuba Bharati Krirangan, ahead of the showpiece Millennium Cup international soccer meet in January 2001. All India Football Federation president Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who spoke to state finance minister Asim Dasgupta on Saturday evening, was conveyed the news of the sanction. Das Munshi, who met state sports minister Subhas Chakraborty on Sunday, apprised him of the finance department's clearance. The Hooghly River Bridge Commission, assigned to carry out the improvement project, had initially given an estimate of Rs 2.15 crore for the 70-point improvement programme submitted by the stadium authorities to the finance department. No major renovation work has been taken up at the gigantic stadium in the past 15 years. 'We might have to drop a few items for the time being or modify the improvement programme to some extent, considering the revised budget,' said stadium CEO Saumitra Ray. Work will begin by November 15 and is expected to be completed by December 31. Priority will be given to selective weeding of the ground, modification of the players' changing rooms and the VIP and VVIP blocks, construction of a modern press box and servicing and modification of the existing floodlights. The fence between the ground and the stands will be reconstructed at a cost of Rs 8 lakh and six new commentary boxes built at the five-metre level. Among other modifications, TV camera positions will be modified to accommodate up to 15 different channels and electrically-operated sprinklers installed for watering the ground.