Hyderabad: Sports and athletes living in Secunderabad Cantonment must travel to neighboring Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) due to lack of facilities around them.
There is no place for them to improve their complaints too, unlike GHMC, Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) does not have a special department to monitor sports facilities within its limits.
By opposing 56 playgrounds at the GHMC limit, almost no four or five main playgrounds below the SCB limit – in Tirmulgherry, Mudefort, Bolaram and Bowenpally.
While GHMC provides funds to maintain and improve playgrounds, sports fans from the SCB Rue area that there are no funds allocated for the development of sports facilities in their environment.
“While GHMC has special sports funds to carry out summer camps, tournaments other than equipment and uniforms, SCB has not provided any funds over the past few years.
The rights of electricity bills to do tournaments, we must depend on personal sponsors or have to spend from our bags itself, “said T Sudheer, physical director, Cantonese Sports Association.
The loss of lung space has become a problem reported by several athletes training on the grounds of the Cantonment.
“Technically, every ward must have a playground with the right coach and equipment.
Even though there are enough soils below the SCB limit, they are not used.
Over the years, we have seen open space captured in the name of real estate development.
If children Children have no playground, where are they going to go? “Quizing Jampana Pratap, a senior leader of SCB which regularly facilitates the tournament in the SCB playgrounds.
A few years ago, there was a big anger from residents for the transfer of parts of the ease of land to form a collection of waste and separation points.
The problem, which lasted for years, was only cleaned a few days ago by the Office of the Cantonese Board.
“I have been practicing on Bowenpally and Mudefort’s land for the past 24 years.
Before the pandemic, nearly 100 students will come every day for these two reasons to learn football, wrestling, cricket among other sports.
Nearly 15 to 20 days back when the chief executive The Pantonment Board visited the land, waste was completely cleaned, “said Dg Jagadise, a resident of Bowenpally.
Officials said that SCB had gave sanctions ₹ 15.07 lakh on building maintenance and repair for the construction of compound walls in Bowenpally Playground during the council meeting in October last year.
“Work order for this has been issued.
The contractor has been asked to start the job for the Bowenpally playground.
When and when we have funds, other playgrounds will also be taken care of,” Inform a SCB official.