Harnambal sports filed turns into cesspool: courtesy; Sports Council, UEED
Srinagar: The only sports field for thousands of sports lovers has turned into a cesspool-courtesy: State Sports Council and Urban Environmental Engineering Department (UEED).
Thousands of sports lovers who used to play and practice football and cricket at Harnambal ground of Natipora Srinagar have been expressing resentment towards the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council for not developing the said sports field on modern lines.
Sports lovers told news agency Kashmir News Trust that despite investing over Rs 2 Crore, State Sports Council failed to make UEED accountable. They said that Urban Environmental Engineering Department (UEED) has miserably failed to shift main drain along the Sports stadium in the area.
“The Harnambal Sports Field has turned into a cesspool. Sports lovers from Natipora, Rambagh, Mehjoor Nagar, Padshahi Bagh, Budshah Nagar, Chanapora used to play in this ground but due to negligence of UEED and Sports Council, it has taken the shape of a pond where you can even oar a boat,” sports lovers said.
“From past over a decade, this play field was not developed as was aspired and demanded by the locals,” they said.
The defunct drainage system is the main sources of nuisance. “The work on the new drainage system is going at snail’s pace. Lack of accountability is spoiling everything.
The sports lovers sought the intervention of the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in redressing the issue. (KNT)
