Cricket stadium in Mangalore: CM Siddaramaiah agrees 'in principle'
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
With Inputs from Media Release
Mangalore, Nov 1: Here's a heartening news for cricket lovers in Mangalore. If all goes well, their long-cherished dream of an exclusive cricket stadium in the city may come true in the near future, with chief minister having agreed to a proposal in this regard, in principle.
A delegation of Social Action Group for Empowerment comprising cricket promoters, cricket enthusiasts, and members of cricket association led by P V Mohan, AICC member met and submitted a memorandum to the chief minister on Wednesday October 30 late night at Krishna, the CM's residence office in Bangalore. The CM has agreed in principle to allot 25 acre land to construct a stadium exclusively for cricket in Mangalore, stated a media release.
An important member of the delegation and local MLA Moideen Bava has urged the chief minister to allot a 25-acre land acquired by KIADB near Baikampady, touching the national highway. The delegation in its memorandum has pointed out that many district headquarters have their own cricket grounds for the game and unfortunately Mangalore is not one among them. The cricket players who were exposed to national and international matches played in temporary grounds in the city of Mangalore. It is a big disappointment for the people of Dakshina Kannada district that they do not have a proper ground for playing cricket. Great stalwarts like Raghuram Bhat, the late Dayanand Pai, Ganapathi Rao and the late Gopal Pai developed themselves as wonderful cricket players with great difficulty as there was very little space for them to play and practice, the delegation told the CM.
The delegation also stressed that this should not happen to boys in Mangalore who are aspiring to become national-level cricket players and appealed to the chief minister to initiate necessary action for establishing a proper ground in Mangalore for playing cricket and assign either the Dakishna Kannada District Cricket Association or Karnataka State Cricket Association to construct a stadium.
Mohammed Badruddin, KPCC member, Balakrishna Shetty, member, Dakshina Kannada Cricket Association, Nazir, industrialist,and Asif were part of the delegation.