Friday, Apr 26, 2024 | Last Update : 06:01 PM IST

Treated sewage water to maintain pitches during IPL: BCCI to Bombay HC

Sports, Cricket

Treated sewage water to maintain pitches during IPL: BCCI to Bombay HC

AGE CORRESPONDENT WITH AGENCY INPUTS

Published : Apr 12, 2016, 12:17 pm IST

Updated : Apr 12, 2016, 12:17 pm IST

Future of 19 IPL games in drought-hit Maharashtra hangs in balance.

Future of 19 IPL games in drought-hit Maharashtra hangs in balance.

The Mumbai Cricket Association, on Tuesday, during hearing of IPL games in Maharasthra, told Bombay High Court that it will only use treated sewage water during the games.

The water will be provided by Royal Western India Turf Club Limited, added MCA.

"This supply of water by RWITC will be sufficient for us to maintain pitches," said the MCA lawyer

"So this will help us to tackle water crisis without using potable water," added the lawyer.BCCI lawyer, meanwhile, told High Court that during 17 IPL games in Mumbai and Pune the Indian cricket board will use the recycled water.

The Kings XI Punjab on Monday had said that it may shift team's games in Maharashtra, keeping in mind the water shortage in the state.The court asked petitioners BCCI to make Vidarbha Cricket Association & Kings XI , parties in matter, to reply by 3pm today.

Latest From Sports

Muay Thai is not just a sport, but has history, connects cultures and incorporates spiritual dimensions

Gloves up! It is time for a Muay Thai bout

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden. (ANI)

Rohan Bopanna, Matthew Ebden pair clinch maiden Australian Open men's doubles title

Wrestler Bajrang Punia holds his Padma Shri award near the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. The Olympic medallist grappler on Friday decided to return the Padma Shri award in protest over the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). (PTI Photo)

Bajrang Punia to Return Padma Shri in Protest over WFI Chief Election

India's captain Rohit Sharma during a practice session ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023’s final match between India and Australia, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (PTI Photo)

10/10: Men in Blue set to rock the world

ADVERTISEMENT

MOST POPULAR

1

Clean chit for Aryan Khan in cruise drugs case

2

'Chak de phatte India', says Harnaaz Sandhu after becoming Miss Universe 2021

3

Mutation linked to remdesivir resistance found in Covid patient

4

Climate finance isn’t charity, says Union minister Bhupender Yadav at COP26 summit

5

Indian origin astronaut-led NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 team headed to ISS

ADVERTISEMENT

Editors' Picks

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. (AP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Ambiguities remain amid India’s pledges at COP26

The protagonist in Jai Bhim is “Justice” itself and the director, Tha Se Gnanavel and the lead actor, Suriya throughout the films share with us the trials and tribulations of seeking justice. (Image: @PrimeVideoIN)

Jai Bhim: Protecting rights and providing hope in India’s democracy

Marzia Babakarkhail.

‘Afghanistan has changed, women will fight back’

Afghanistan's most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi. (AFP Photo)

The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban takeover

For the kind of films, I make, it is fundamental for the artists and crew to feel as one family. That’s why we were nervous about Irrfan, says Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.

I selected Irrfan Khan because of his eyes: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

ALSO FROMLife

A worker sanitises the fountain in the atrium of the Phoenix Market City, Kurla in Mumbai ahead of the August 5 reopening. (AA Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Mumbai malls to reopen but the vibe will be odd

For some 250 visually impaired people living in the Mumbai locality of Vangani, the coronavirus pandemic has added darkness an already gloomy life. (DC Picture: Rajesh Jadhav)

For Vangani's visually impaired people, lockdown spells doom

With the government easing restrictions on mobility and social gatherings, weddings have resumed in many parts of the country. Photo: Rajesh Jadhav

Weddings amid a pandemic

As India’s financial capital reels from the Covid-19 pandemic, panic-stricken people are turning to a homeopathy drug called Arsenicum Album 30 although there is no data that it works

Desperate Mumbai turns untested drug

Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

Having made Mumbai’s streets his canvas and DSLR camera his paintbrush, photographer Star Udyawar’s narration of everyday life in the maximum city is riveting. As can be seen in his various portrayals of the city like the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dhobi Ghat with its colourful backdrop, and the famous Sea-link. For Udyawar, perspective is key as it defines the in-depth relationship between the objects in a picture along with the dimensions that a viewer perceives.

Framing the Mundane

Copyright © 2016 - 2024 The Asian Age. Designed, Developed & Maintained By Daksham