Watering cricket pitches in drought-hit Maha criminal wastage

Described by the Supreme Court of Bombay on Wednesday as a "criminal waste" of water use in the stadiums to keep cricket stadiums Indian Premier League (IPL) when Maharashtra is facing drought like situation.
Court issued a note while hearing the PIL filed by a former journalist calls for a penalty from the tournament organizers to meet the delivery of water to the drought-affected areas expenses.
It is scheduled to be held from April 9 to May 29 at various locations across the country ninth edition of the cash-rich tournament but suffering from the controversy T20. It is scheduled matches nineteen IPL to be played in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.
The court asked the state government "if cricket matches are more important than people," adding, "The use of water to keep the cricket's IPL while there is a shortage of water in the state of Maharashtra is a criminal waste."
The court also said that "Ideally, you should change the venue." The petition Ketan Tirodkar seeking court orders to recover Rs 1,000 per liter of water is spent on making and maintaining playgrounds. He added that the situation is getting worse for the time being as a country facing severe water shortages.
He said in a 2013 edition of the IPL, about 66 lakh liters of water and spent to maintain the pitches at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and Sahara Stadium in Pune.
"They (the organizers) need 63,000 liters of water to keep each of these three stadiums, while in Maharashtra families affected by drought and get 20 liters of water," ANI quoted as saying the petitioner.
Many of the suicide of farmers in the state have committed to the crop failure due to drought, and the deepening of the farm crisis that swept through several areas of the country.