Oct 26, 2024 12:11 AM IST
For the Dosanjh live performance, the JLN Stadium’s essential monitor has been closed for greater than every week and athletes have been moved to heat up space
New Delhi: Athletes coaching on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium are bearing the brunt of Diljit Dosanjh’s live performance on the venue. Their coaching on the essential stadium has been stalled for the final ten days because the organisers have been making ready the stage, which is being put up on the monitor.
Hurdles have been allegedly dumped in a nook by the organisers of a live performance on the JLN Stadium. (HT Photograph)
On Friday night, hurdles and different gear have been allegedly broken because the organisers took over the whole venue forward of the two-day live performance beginning Saturday. Coaches mentioned the hurdles belonging to athletes, that are saved close to the nice and cozy up space, have been broken.
“These hurdles and other equipment belong to the athletes who bought them with their own money. It is not SAI’s equipment. We stack them in rows near the warm up area. In the evening, the stadium was closed due to the concert and then we saw that the equipment was flung to a side and locks broken,” mentioned a Delhi coach. “We will lodge a complaint with SAI. The organisers should pay for this damage. Is this the way to organise an event?” he added.
The JLN Stadium, one of many prime athletics stadiums within the nation, is run by the Sports activities Authority of India (SAI). Athletes from close by areas of the Nationwide Capital Area, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana additionally come to coach right here. Many keep in rented lodging close by.
Coaches say there are a number of disruptions in coaching of athletes throughout winter season as some areas of the stadium premises are sometimes rented out by SAI for internet hosting occasions and festivals, in keeping with individuals conscious of the event.
“So many events are being organised by private parties in the stadium which SAI gives in the name of public-private partnership. Eventually it seems athletes and competitions are last in priority list,” mentioned an official.
For the Dosanjh live performance, the principle monitor of the stadium has been closed for greater than every week.
“The state athletes were preparing for the Junior National Championships and they were asked to do their training in the warm up area,” mentioned one other coach. The Junior Championship was finally postponed as a consequence of a cyclone in Odisha however state and nationwide degree athletes are making ready forward of a busy season.
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