Aiming to avoid India Open repeat, IG Stadium spruced up

New delhi: The organisers of the upcoming BWF World Championships in India have taken extensive steps to upgrade the venue, the Indira Gandhi Stadium, to avoid the embarrassment that rocked the India Open earlier this year. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) and the.

During the India Open in January, pigeons twice halted a second-round match between HS Prannoy and Loh Kean Yew. The subsequent complaints regarding hygiene and Delhi’s smog left the BAI in a difficult position.

What Happened

With the BWF World Championships returning to India after 17 years, the organisers are leaving no stone unturned to avoid further controversies. They have put anti-bird measures in place and even roped in monkey whisperers to host the world-class event from August.

• We have introduced innovative ways to deal with it.” “It includes machines which have been imported from the US.

• As far as the pigeons are concerned, there was concern inside the arena.

• A lot of chairs are new, many of them have been rubbed and polished properly.

Key Details

The vents have been sealed, wooden doors have been replaced with a double-door entry system, and an automatic outer door has been added ahead of the regular ones. Additionally, a non-toxic gel sourced from the US has been applied around the stadium’s.

• These are some of the soft upgrades that have been done along with structural upgrades where the roof was treated, a lot of expansion joints were treated.

• By the start of the event, you will see a beautiful lake just across the stadium.

• We have a lake and we have tried to improve it.

Why It Matters

The January event, the India Open, we had our job cut out... We actually started planning from February itself on how we can improve the overall situation of this stadium as this is a pretty old stadium.

• One, I would like them to see is the lake.

• So as you’ve be seeing, it’s not just structural upgradation that have been done, a lot of soft upgradation has also been done.

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