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IPL vs Drought: HC to give a decision on Wednesday
Mumbai, Apr 13 (IBNS) Anurag Thakur, Secretary, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday, the cricket body is being criticised despite the measures it is willing to take to continue with the IPL matches in Maharashtra at the time of drought, according to media reports.
The Bombay High Court will take a decision on Wednesday if the IPL cricket matches can be held in drought-hit Maharashtra or not.
The BCCI has said that it will not take any portable water and that the sewerage treated water will be used, according to media reports. It is also willing to make donations for the drought cause and has written to the franchises.
Earlier, the High Court had allowed BCCI to hold the inaugural match in Mumbai on April 9 but had remarked during a hearing into a petition against holding Indian Premier League matches in the state, "Are you going to maintain gardens and stadiums when people are dying?"
Amid drought situation in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on April 6 questioned the BCCI and cricket associations in Maharashtra and Mumbai over the issue of use of water for maintaining cricket pitches in the state.
The court said 20 matches of the league, which are scheduled to be played in Maharashtra, should be shifted to states that have abundant water.
The observation was made by a division Bench of the court headed by Justice V M Kanade while it was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Loksatta Movement.
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