Keep your turf, Pawar tells BHA

The BHA secretary Kehar Singh has appreciated Pawar’s efforts as said, “Earlier, we speculated that due to the World Cup, the MCA wanted BHA but his letter have proved it that he is with us.”

In his letter, a copy of which was also marked to the BHA, Pawar spoke about the efforts made by the hockey body in keeping the game alive in the city. “BHA has produced a number of international players of repute who have made the country proud and the Mumbai hockey team (Maratha warriors) has been doing extremely well in the nationals. In fact, BHA is one of the very few stadiums which has an astroturf and has infrastructure to play good hockey and is also a flood light stadium,” said the letter, a copy of which is with The Indian Express.

Talking about the cordial relation between BHA and BCCI, Pawar informed that “BHA has passed a resolution requesting the government to transfer 188.72 square metres of its land to the Mumbai Cricket Association which is redeveloping the Wankhede Stadium.”

The letter concluded with Pawar giving a word or advice to the government. “Their (BHA) lease may be renewed and stringent guidelines be laid down for them to follow in future and they may be penalized for the lapses if any.”