'People More Important Or IPL?' Court Raps Mumbai Cricket Body Over Water

Three days before the Indian Premier League starts, and Bombay High Court rebuked the Maharashtra cricket body for many liters of water that will be used for the preparation of stadiums for the richest cricket tournament in the world at a time when large parts of the state reeling under drought.

The court said while hearing the petition, and also, "How can water be lost like this? Are people more important or IPL? How can you be so careless," "This is a criminal waste. You know the situation in the state of Maharashtra."

Maharashtra Cricket Union have argued that MCA or buy water to use, and also that the water is potable or water you can not drink.

"However, if the water supply to the BCCI is to reduce understand," said the Supreme Court, which suggests that the IPL matches to be held in the state of Maharashtra to shift to other countries that do not face a shortage of water.

The state government also ordered to move against water wastage and inform it of the steps it intends to take. The court will continue to hear a petition against watering cricket tomorrow.

IPL this year begins with the opening ceremony of the stars on Friday night. The games will begin on Saturday, April 9.

He said, "our feelings are with the Marathwada affected by the drought. But a few liters of water for two or three reasons will not solve the water problem. Games will continue according to schedule," IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla yesterday.

According to Petitioners will use an estimated 60 lakh liters of water for 19 matches scheduled to be held in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur in the state. But it seems like an understatement. He said the body cricket Mumbai court that would be needed to 40 lakh liters only for matches of Mumbai.

Pune, Nagpur is facing a severe shortage of water, but the rain shadow region of Marathwada, which adversely affected by drought. The decline in the dam water to 22 percent throughout the state, while in Marathwada, only five percent remains in the water with seven of the 11 major dams have dried up.

"At a time like this, we must as a group, show the virtue of the so-called solidarity. It does not show the good grace to hold the IPL is going to charges of 60 lakh liters of water for all the matches," Barrenata Dandekar, associate coordinator, said the rivers and the people of South Asia Network on Dams.