Bus bay over sports playground has made sports fraternity anguished
Bus bay over sports playground has made sports fraternity anguished : On behalf of Marredpally playgrounds, cricket coach Dr. R Harinarayan Rao and others represented the commissioner. GHMC has been protesting against the bus bay decision. They called the decision a deep concern in a letter sent by the coach to an official on Thursday.
Cricket Coach Dr. R Harinarayan Rao wrote a letter to officials
In the letter, he wrote ” ‘We, the sportsmen, women, sport-loving public, and residents, are concerned and deeply disappointed. We find out that 6m Marredpally playground land will be cut to accommodate a bus bay. This decision will hamper sporting activities, especially the game of cricket.
After the cut, the ground will become very small and will not be suitable for playing matches. In the West and East Marredpally area, It is the only playground left for the public.
Further, he added about the history of the playground and sports persons from this ground. He said” To mention a few products of this ground are Late M.L.Jaisimha, Late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, N Shival Yadav, Errapalli Prasanna, M.V.NarasimhaRao, V.V.S.Laxman, L.Venkatapati Raju, Mitali Raj, and many others.
Many players in Cricket and triple Olympian, N.Mukesh Kumar the Hockey International have brought pride to the country. On this ground, Municipal Corporation has also been conducting year-long cricket coaching camps regularly.
Apart from that, Baseball camps for young and aspiring players over the last 40 years. Many children are building their skills and personality development with sports here. He requested the commissioner to shift the place to somewhere else or provide an alternative.
In conclusion, he wrote that the coach requested GHMC to consider our request positively and stop any such construction. The construction will severely affect the interests of young sportsmen, women of our locality’.