Painting a grim picture of sports infrastructure in Haryana, the CAG has said that several mini stadia and Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Khel Parisars (RGGKP) lack equipment and basic amenities such as power and water and are unfit for sports activities.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in his report for the FY 2014-15, observed the deficiencies in maintenance of the infrastructure is bound to have an adverse impact on promotion of sports activities and nurturing talent.
CAG found playgrounds in 71 per cent of the stadiums and 70 per cent of the RGGKP bumpy and unfit for sports. Playgrounds of 12 stadiums (35 per cent) in Rohtak, Jhajjar, Fatehabad and Bhiwani were in low lying areas.
Nomadic animals were grazing in five stadiums (15 per cent) due to broken boundarywall, while agricultural waste were also scattered in the playgrounds in eight stadiums (24 per cent) making them unfit for sports activities,” the report said.
The CAG says in the report that a joint inspection with officials of Sports and Youth Affairs (SYA) department was conducted in six districts - Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Yamunanagar, Ambala and Fatehabad - to examine the infrastructure of 27 RGGKPs and 34 mini stadiums.
Basketball net, volleyball net, football goalposts, badminton court, weightlifting equipment, etc were available only in 16 stadiums (47 per cent) and 23 RGGKPs (85 per cent), the CAG noted.
Out of the 34 stadiums, electricity was not available in 32, water in 27, and bathromms in 28 of them, the report says.
Out of the 27 RGGKPs, electricity, water, and bathrooms were not available in 19, 17, and 2 of them respectively.