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Raipur: India and Australia are set to face off today at Raipur’s Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium. Ahead of the fourth T20 international match, another hurdle has emerged that could hamper the enjoyment of spectators, as there is no electricity in parts of the stadium. The reason for this significant glitch is that the bill hasn’t been paid since 2009. Notably, the stadium authorities have an outstanding bill of 3.16 crores, which led to the electricity connection at the stadium being cut five years ago. However, after the request of the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Association, a temporary connection was installed, but this connection only covers the spectators’ gallery and boxes. The major floodlights during today’s match will need to be powered using a generator. According to Raipur Rural Circle in-charge Ashok Khandelwal, the Secretary of the Cricket Association has already applied to increase the capacity of the temporary connection at the stadium.
According to Raipur Rural Circle in-charge Ashok Khandelwal, the Secretary Cricket Association has already applied to increase the capacity of the temporary connection of the stadium.
As per reports, the current capacity of the temporary connection is 200 KV. An application to upgrade the current connection to 1 thousand KV has been approved. The work to upgrade the connection has not begun yet.
An uproar was witnessed by the athletes in 2018 when they were participating in a half-marathon realised that there was no electricity supply at the stadium. After the massive uproar, it was announced that the electricity bill hadn’t been paid since 2009, and had gone up to Rs 3.16 crore.
After the construction of the stadium, its maintenance was handed over to the Public Works Department (PWD), while the remaining expenses were to be borne by the Sports Department. The two departments have been blaming each other for the unpaid power bill.
The electricity company sent several notices to PWD and Sports Department for clearance of dues, but no payment has been made yet.
Three international cricket matches have been organised in the stadium since the power connection was cut in 2018
Asa per Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh media coordinator Tarunesh Singh Parihar, the authorities are skeptical in regards to hosting an international matches as there will be a problem due to the electricity issue. He asserted that for big matches like this, they use generators as an alternative arrangement.
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