The Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) launched a press release on Monday claiming the readiness of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the place two reveals of Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Dil-Luminati’ music live performance came about after social media movies confirmed the venue in disarray with piles of trash littered throughout. IANS visited the positioning on Tuesday, two days after the occasion came about, solely to find the bottom was nonetheless in want of a radical cleansing because the aftermath of the live performance was nonetheless on full show. The dismantling of the makeshift construction, near the athletic observe, used for the live performance was nonetheless happening round 3 pm. The observe across the floor, together with the sand pit for the lengthy bounce, was littered and in want of dire work forward of Punjab FC’s ISL conflict in opposition to Chennaiyin FC on Thursday.
The state during which IANS discovered the stadium was in whole contradiction to claims made by SAI, which manages all stadiums owned by the Central Authorities, on Monday evening after the information of the poor situation of the stadium blew up on social media.
SAI had claimed on Monday evening that the stadium was booked until October 28 and as per the contract the reserving social gathering needed to go away the venue in the identical situation as acquired.
“The organisers of Diljit Dosanjh’s live performance had booked the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium until October 28, 2024 (Monday) for cleansing at full rental costs. SAI’s contract with the organisers clearly states that they’ll return the live performance venue (JLN Stadium) to SAI in the identical means that it was handed over to them.
“Round 70,000 folks attended the live performance over two days and the cleansing is already full,” learn the assertion by SAI.
The poor situation of the stadium was first dropped at public consideration by observe and area athlete Beant Singh, who posted movies exhibiting the observe suffering from rubbish, alcohol containers, and different particles. He defined that his personal follow gear had been tossed apart and broken and that he had been compelled to wash up a lot of the mess himself.
“Initially, live shows or any programme should not be allowed in stadiums that are for gamers’ improvement. And JLN is likely one of the premier stadiums the place most observe and athletes practice. What I’ve been seeing and listening to from different athletes is that the observe is completely broken and it’ll take time to restore.
“The stadium is our sacred place the place we worship it, so alcohol should not be allowed into it anyhow,” an Asian Video games medallist athlete informed IANS on situation of anonymity.
SAI avoided making any touch upon the most recent improvement when contacted by IANS on Tuesday.
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