In a move which would also indirectly convey a clear message that there would be no IPL this season, Hyderabad Cricket Association secretary R. Vijayanand, in a letter to the Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao on Wednesday, offered to let the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium for setting up isolation centre for the coronavirus-affected patients.
Right time
“We feel this is the right time to give back something to the government and the general public in return for all the wonderful support they have been extending to us over the years,” Vijayanand informed The Hindu on Wednesday.
“We have about 40 rooms which can be converted into full-fledged isolation wards and in view of the plenty of parking slot available at the Stadium which hosts all major cricketing matches — international and IPL — we thought it would ideal for these centres,” the HCA Secretary informed.
“This initiative was unanimously backed by the HCA president Mohd. Azharuddin, Apex Council members and all the secretaries of the affiliated clubs,” he said.
“It is an undeniable fact that Telangana has been in the forefront and setting example for others to follow the measures to curb the menace on a war-footing by the way you, as the Chief Minister, have been taking the steps setting example for others,” the HCA official said in the letter.
“We deem it is the moral obligation on our part in this hour of crisis to be of some help the government.
“We will be more than happy if HCA services are sought for any other purpose in battling this dreaded virus,” he concluded.
Published - March 25, 2020 11:04 pm IST
