Peshawar: Hockey Turf Cleaning Machines Worth Rs. 6 Million Left to Rust

Hockey Turf Cleaning Machines Worth Rs. 6 Million Left to Rust

Peshawar: It has been three years since three hockey turf cleaning machines, bought in 2018 at a cost of Rs. 6 million, were put in a room in the incharge gardeners’ and here they are rusting.

Sources say these machines are an approximate Rs. 2 million each and they are never used after that time.

Sources indicate that because the gardeners in-charge lacked adequate information about these machines, they ended up misapplying them on the hockey turf and damaged the turf grass.

Realizing this, the machines were put out of use and now collect dust and rust in storage. The in-charge of the gardeners is also due to retire after three months, so that will further worsen their fate.

Sports activists have requested the Provincial Sports Minister, the Secretary of Sports, and the DG Sports to act at the earliest. They demanded that either the machines should be shifted to a secure store or auctioned to avoid further wastage of public money.