The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru could also be barred from internet hosting high-attendance occasions as the federal government has determined to behave on the findings of the Justice John Michael Cunha Fee report, which concluded that the stadium’s design and construction are unsuitable and unsafe for mass gatherings.
The Fee was set as much as examine the tragic stampede that occurred on June 4 exterior the stadium, ensuing within the deaths of 11 individuals. The incident befell on the street surrounding the venue throughout the victory parade celebrations following Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)’s triumph on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
The report highlighted a number of vital shortcomings, together with the dearth of purpose-built queuing and circulation zones separated from public roads, an inadequate variety of gates for large-scale entry and exit, insufficient integration with public transport and vacationer hubs, and the absence of emergency evacuation plans compliant with worldwide security requirements. Enough parking and drop-off infrastructure to deal with attendee volumes.
“Any future venue ought to adhere to worldwide requirements,” the Fee mentioned as quoted by the Deccan Herald.
“Till such infrastructural modifications are made, persevering with to host excessive attendance occasions on the present location poses unacceptable dangers to public security, city mobility and emergency preparedness,” the panel mentioned in its report.
Present construction obstructs pedestrian, vehicular actions throughout crowded occasions
Inbuilt 1974, the 32,000-capacity construction premises are possessed and managed by the Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation (KSCA). The stadium spans 16 acres and 32 guntas of land owned by the Public Works Division (PWD), which leased the property to the KSCA for a interval of 99 years starting in July 1969. There was additionally a Nationwide Cricket Academy facility subsequent to the venue,
“The design and construction of the stadium was unsuitable and unsafe for mass gathering [sic]. All of the entry and exit gates have been straight opening into the footpath. Spacious and arranged holding space for crowd weren’t supplied on the entry, because of this, the viewers have been pressured to queue up on the footpath or street (obstructing) and endangering pedestrians and vehicular motion in addition to giving scope for miscreants to hitch the group aggravating the danger, particularly within the absence of correct safety,” the report mentioned.
The panel has advisable motion towards KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, ex-secretary A Shanlar, ex-treasurer E S Jairam, RCB vice-president Rajesh Menon, DNA Leisure Networks MD T Venkat Vardhan and VP Sunil Mathur, law enforcement officials B Dayananda, Vikash Kumar Vikash, Shekhar H Tekkannavar, C Balakrishna and A Ok Girish. The federal government is prone to resolve on the suggestions within the subsequent Cupboard assembly.
Chinnaswamy set to host Maharaja Trophy
The historic venue is now slated to host the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 for the 2025 version of the state-based 20-over event. All of the 34 matches of the league can be hosted in Bengaluru, and plainly the event hasn’t acquired any objections by way of internet hosting video games on the Chinnaswamy. The event will start on August 11 and run up till August 28.
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