A sprinter’s hell-hole
The authorities blame the delay in fixing the track on the lockdown and the current monsoon
Work on a synthetic track in Kantaveera Stadium started in September 2020, but there are no signs of it being completed even by the end of this year
It took 23 years for the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES) to take a decision to install the new synthetic track at
Kanteerava Stadium. The
DYSE began the work to install the new synthetic track in September 2020 and it was expected to be completed in three months, but there is no sign of completing the work even by the end of this year.