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Jamshedpur: Despite the district administration repeatedly requesting the sports enthusiasts not to organise any sporting activities in view of the pandemic, such activities continue in Steel City unabated.
In the past week, the administration took to task a bunch of sports enthusiasts in three localities — in Golmuri, Mango and Telco — for playing outdoors and that too without wearing masks and for not maintaining social distancing norms.
“Cases against will be lodged against the aforementioned Covid violators under the DM Act if the offence is repeated,” said Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee special officer Krishna Kumar.
On July 24, the incident commanders of JNAC issued notices to seven boys for playing football at Masjid ground in Golmuri without masks. JNAC has demanded an explanation from them for violating the safety norms.
The second incident took place on July 26 in Mango where the cops reprimanded the boys for playing football in Gandhi maidan. They were let off with a warning not to play till the social distancing norms are in place.
In the Telco incident, the JNAC officials issued notices to seven boys for playing volleyball.
A retired Tata Steel sports administrator said on anonymity that parents are sending their children to the sports fields to play, without even taking into account the virus threat. “The colony areas in the city are abuzz with sporting activities,” the former athlete added.
The Jamshedpur Sporting Association (JSA), which regularly conducts football tournaments in the city, said that it would appeal to the football enthusiasts, in particular, to refrain from organising or participating any sporting events now. “On Monday, we will issue a public appeal to the sportspersons and the sports bodies,” said JSA functionary Mohamed Zubair Alam.
In the wake of a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases where 1,358 people were infected (till Sunday morning), the police and municipal officials are working in coordination to conduct surprise inspections in sports grounds to take action against the rule violators.
In the past week, the administration took to task a bunch of sports enthusiasts in three localities — in Golmuri, Mango and Telco — for playing outdoors and that too without wearing masks and for not maintaining social distancing norms.
“Cases against will be lodged against the aforementioned Covid violators under the DM Act if the offence is repeated,” said Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee special officer Krishna Kumar.
On July 24, the incident commanders of JNAC issued notices to seven boys for playing football at Masjid ground in Golmuri without masks. JNAC has demanded an explanation from them for violating the safety norms.
The second incident took place on July 26 in Mango where the cops reprimanded the boys for playing football in Gandhi maidan. They were let off with a warning not to play till the social distancing norms are in place.
In the Telco incident, the JNAC officials issued notices to seven boys for playing volleyball.
A retired Tata Steel sports administrator said on anonymity that parents are sending their children to the sports fields to play, without even taking into account the virus threat. “The colony areas in the city are abuzz with sporting activities,” the former athlete added.
The Jamshedpur Sporting Association (JSA), which regularly conducts football tournaments in the city, said that it would appeal to the football enthusiasts, in particular, to refrain from organising or participating any sporting events now. “On Monday, we will issue a public appeal to the sportspersons and the sports bodies,” said JSA functionary Mohamed Zubair Alam.
In the wake of a steep rise in the number of Covid-19 cases where 1,358 people were infected (till Sunday morning), the police and municipal officials are working in coordination to conduct surprise inspections in sports grounds to take action against the rule violators.
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