Mangaluru: Ivory Tower unveils its private sports arena for its residents
Mangaluru: The owner's association of one of the top-notch residential buildings of Mangaluru, Ivory Towers, on Saturday inaugurated its new sports arena named 'Ivory Sports Arena' at its premises here in Attavar.
The arena was inaugurated by Former Indian Football Player Mohammed Rafi.
Mangaluru City Corporation's opposition leader Abdul Ravoof, Sadananda Shetty, President of Sports Promoters Mangaluru, SM Arshad, MD of Mohtisham Complexes Pvt. Ltd, DM Aslam, President of South Kanara Football Association, Bibi Thomas Muttam, Head Coach Karnataka State in Santosh Trophy and Abdul Rahoof, MD of Sulthan Gold and Diamonds were present as the Chief Guests for the event that was presided over by Abbas Narsha, President, Ivory Towers Apartment Owners Association.
Constructed on a space of 10,000 sq. ft the arena is one of its kind private turf sports arena for residential buildings in the city.
Speaking at the event, Abdul Ravoof, the Opposition leader in Mangaluru City Corporation congratulated the owners association of the building on constructing such a sports arena in the premises and thanked SM Arshad Mohtisham for lending the space for the construction of the arena.
Mohammed Rafi also lauded the efforts of the residents in coming up with such a project in their premises. He also hoped that the kids who play in the arena will someday end up playing Football and other sports at different levels of the game.
SM Arshad Mohtisham who also addressed the event said he was impressed with the transformation of the plot that was lying vacant just a few months back into a full-fledge sports arena.
DM Aslam added there are opportunities in abundance in football for young kids as Football is taking over as the most sought after sport in the country. He also offered help from the South Kanara Football Association for the grooming of young kids as professional Football players.
Bibi Thomas Muttam also offered to provide any help in his personal capacity for the training purpose of young kids of the apartment building. He stressed that the role of the owners association was only half-done and that they need to now focus on providing guidance and training for their kids as without training there will be no output from the arena that has been constructed.
In his presidential address, Abbas Narsha said kids should be encouraged to play outdoor sports as the new age technologies have them glued to the gadgets. He added that this was one of the motives of the project to construct the sports arena.
During the event, several people were felicitated by the owners association for their contribution to the project. The suppliers and contractors of the project were also felicitated.
Basheer Sagar, the Saudi-based NRI businessman who is also a resident of Ivory Towers was also felicitated for arranging a chartered flight for 175 people stuck in Saudi Arabia amidst the COVID pandemic.
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T'gana BC panel seeks reports over infant's death, family alleges caste abuse
Hyderabad (PTI): The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes on Monday sought reports from state government officials on the death of an infant following alleged assault and caste abuse against her family members in Nagarkurnool district while visiting a temple fair.
In separate letters, Commission Chairman G Niranjan urged Endowments Department Commissioner S Harish and Nagarkurnool district Collector Badavath Santhosh to furnish the reports within three days.
Niranjan drew the officials' attention to media reports on the death of the two-month-old baby at Kummera village in the district and alleged caste discrimination and denial of entry to the temple fair to the baby's family belonging to a BC community.
BJP OBC Morcha's state unit president G Anand Goud alleged inadequate response by the police in the incident and demanded a transparent investigation into the incident.
Alleging that the deceased baby's father was attacked in the incident, he also demanded action against the attackers.
Goud told reporters that BJP's state unit president N Ramachander Rao would visit the village on February 24 and meet the baby's family members.
Meanwhile, a BRS delegation met DGP B Shivadhar Reddy and demanded a comprehensive inquiry into the incident.
The BRS leaders sought action against a person who allegedly attacked the infant's parents.
BC associations have held protests over the past few days regarding the alleged caste discrimination against the deceased infant's family members.
Police said on Sunday that four persons were arrested in connection with the cases registered after the family alleged that the baby died following an "assault" by a group of villagers. The family also alleged that they were abused in the name of caste in the incident on February 18.
However, a villager, part of the group, lodged a counter-complaint with the police the same day, alleging that he was attacked with stones during a scuffle with the family, sustaining a head injury, following which a case was registered.
The infant died on February 21 and her mother, who belongs to an SC community, also lodged a complaint alleging her daughter died due to the physical assault on the family by some villagers, police said.
