Safapora playfield in shambles

Scores of players from Safapora and its adjoining areas have rued the non-maintenance of the playfield here.

The Safapora playfield at Government Higher Secondary SchoolSafapora is in pathetic condition due to official neglect. The field caters tothe players from almost a dozen areas including Bandipora district, local youthsaid.

   

“It is the main playing field in the locality and playersfrom all over the area throng to it on weekends and other holidays. After 4 pm,the influx is huge and the teams get chance to play after many hours,” a localresident told Greater Kashmir.

“However the maintenance is non-existent and with thepassage of time, the play field has lost its sheen as its condition hasworsened”, the youth said.

The field that is in the lap of Govt High School Safapora isfilled with large grass making it unfit for playing.

” Manasbal premier league was started as an initiativeto make  drugs-free Safapora and toengage local youth in sports activities, however if they are not given theproper facilities and infrastructure, it will not be possible to attract themto sports activities ” Mohammad Sidiq a local resident told GreaterKashmir.

Principal Higher Secondary school Safapora Abdul Ahad toldGreater Kashmir that there is a patch of nearly 55 kanals of land which is usedas the playfield, however, due to limited resources the school administration isin a position to maintain only the portion of land which the students of theinstitution use for sports activities.

“I have told the local boys to use the playground forsports activities after 4 PM and on holidays, adding that they can maintain thepatch of playfield they use to play on” he said.

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