Vadodara Marathon gets ‘national’ status as organisers pay capitation fee to AFI

He added: “As far as the capitation amount for the next marathon is concerned,we will see the quantum of money generated that time and then take a decision.”

Incidentally,Vadodara Marathon Director Amit Bhatnagar had claimed having paid Rs 90,000 towards capitation fee,till Friday.

He had said he also had a receipt for the same.

The Vadodara District Athletics Association functionaries admitted that it was after explaining the organisers about the repercussions of this episode,that they agreed to pay the amount.

Meanwhile,several schools were surprised to receive bundles of T-shirts despite having never registered their students for the event.

“Some people came to our school and handed over T-shirts and forms. We were surprised because we never registered our students for the marathon,” said a senior functionary of a school in the southern part of the city.

“But by the time we realised the situation,those people had left. We have decided to handover the T-shirts once the marathon is over,” he added.

Similar incidents were reported from other schools too,said sources.

“If they (organisers) are saying they have close to 5,000 entries from the schools,does it mean that even the schools which have never filled the forms are included?” asked a school functionary who received about 200 T-shirts without any registration.