DHARMAPURI: Residents of Harur have urged the district administration to take steps to improve amenities in the Harur sports stadium. With hundreds of people visiting the stadium on a daily basis, the lack of restrooms, clean drinking water and poor sanitation has irked residents.
The Harur stadium is a popular local sports and fitness hub managed by the Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department located at the heart of the Harur municipality. The stadium features a 400-metre mud athletic track, a concrete basketball court, and a volleyball court.
Sports athletes, police and military aspirants gather here daily for training and hundreds of elderly people also use it for walks, etc. But, the stadium lacks basic amenities like restrooms, clean drinking water and sanitation.
Speaking to TNIE, B Ganapathi from Harur said,
“The amenities in the sports stadium are extremely poor. Every day, hundreds of people come here for training. But, even to get water or access a restroom, they have to leave the stadium.
The restrooms inisde the premises are in a dilapidated condition with no doors and septic tanks overflowing. We urge the administration to construct new restrooms.”
Another resident, K Murali Krishnan said, “An entire portion of the stadium is unusable because of the faulty restrooms. The Sports Development Authority has completely neglected this place. Most equipment here are in a poor condition.”
When TNIE reached out to officials in the District Sports Office they were not available for comment.