M.A Stadium: Worst nightmare for the sports persons in Jammu
Yash
Khajuria
JAMMU, Dec
13: With
playing courts in shabby condition, non-functional fountains, broken benches,
basic infrastructure almost missing, this is the condition of M.A Stadium,
which offers sportspersons space to train themselves for national and
international events.
If
not to talk about the sportspersons what else could be worsening to that, with
full of filth and foul smell where one cannot stand for even a while, the
authorities are unable to provide proper urinals and toilets for the visitors,
including the lower rank officials.
Though
it is drawing huge rush of newcomers as well as regular sportspersons who are
cursing the authorities at the helm of affairs, these days. Since, the heads of
the organizations and a few senior officers have attached bathrooms; they are
least bothered about the common visitors to the arena.
There
is no place for the parents of the players to sit in the stadium. Benches are
broken, grass almost missing where a person could at least sit for a while.
Basketball court in dilapidated condition has its own tale of woes, as no
player can practice there. The flood light Kabaddi Stadium have the same
theory, , kho-kho court missing and all of the above the only swimming pool
without water and closed for all since long.
"It
seems that nobody is there to take care of the main sports venue in this winter
capital of the State, which has hosted many national tournaments", said
one among the parent of a sportspersons who accompanies his son to the stadium.
Commenting
on the pathetic condition of the Stadium, a veteran sportsperson said pleading
anonymity that all this is due to Kashmir centric mindset of the leaders and
bureaucrats who have always ignored Jammu for the reasons best known to them.
He
said that this is the reason that State has failed to produce players to win
medals at national level, despite plenty of talent in the area.
A
large number of youngsters come to the skating rink and the parents of almost
all youngsters are worried. Moreover, the parents or the players have no proper
place to sit whether it’s the hot weather conditions under the blistering Sun
in summers or the freezing cold in winters.
He
needs to rise to the occasion immediately. He must pay surprise visits to the
sports venues like the M A Stadium in order to ascertain how sports affairs are
being (mis)managed right under his nose." This was stated by a renowned
sportsperson of Jammu wishing not to be named.
Sources
revealed that the indoor managers of the stadium are only provided meager
amount for the maintenance and construction work of the stadium. Other
miscellaneous expenses have to be made by a long process.
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