Budding gamers had been “caged” with out meals, water for 7 hours in Srinagar stadium; vidoes go viral [details]

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Hundreds of players- who had been gathered at Bakshi Stadium Srinagar on Friday to attend the inauguration of the refurbished stadium, had been pressured to stay with out water and meals for seven lengthy hours- because of the alleged “callous” angle of the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council.

While movies of gamers have gone viral on social media through which helpless gamers had been complaining that they weren’t allowed to even carry water bottles contained in the stadium.

“Since 9 am we have been sitting inside the stadium without food and water. Neither we were allowed to bring water bottles inside the stadium nor refreshment was served to us by the organizers”, a participant complained in a video. He mentioned that resulting from safety causes they weren’t allowed to carry tiffin contained in the stadium.

Screen shot of the video of a number of the budding gamers which has gone viral on social media.social media

Annoyed over the angle of the organizers, the participant identified that they had been nearly caged within the stadium from 9 am to six.30 pm with out meals and water.

Secretary Sports Council refuses to touch upon complaints

Despite repeated makes an attempt Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council Nuzhat Gul refused to touch upon movies which have gone viral on social media.

Instead of commenting on viral movies, Secretary Sports Council circulated some photos through which some volunteers had been seen getting ready meals pockets however not even a single image was shared concerning the distribution of meals pockets or water to the gamers who had been sitting within the stadium since morning.

“Not Required” was her reply when requested to touch upon movies being circulated on social media. She solely talked about the images shared by her to counter the allegations.

Interestingly she solely shared photos however didn’t share the content material of those photos through which meals was being made however not being served.

“Sports Council brazenly exploited helpless players just to hoodwink VIPs”

Expressing his anguish over the alleged inhuman therapy meted out to gamers who got here from all 10 districts of Kashmir Valley, Faisal Ali Dar, the primary Padma awardee in sports activities from Kashmir, regretted these helpless gamers had been nearly caged for seven lengthy hours with out meals and water.

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“Most of the players have entered the Stadium at 9 am but they were neither served food nor water till completion of the function at 6.30 pm,” Dar informed The International Bussiness Times.

“Even after completion of the function neither water nor food pockets were served to the players who were sitting inside the Stadium as a crowd”, he mentioned and added that meals pockets ready by the authority had been served solely to some gamers who participated within the march-past.

Faisal Ali Dar, who’s a task mannequin for sportspersons of Kashmir Valley, cautioned that such an angle of bureaucrats would discourage budding gamers of the Union Territory.
“Budding players should not be used as crowd by the officers just to make their points before the VIPs”, he mentioned.