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Supreme Court urged to stop IPL's night matches

The petitioners said rescheduling the matches in the day would benefit the country without causing any problems for the organisers.

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A public-interest litigation (PIL) was initiated in the Supreme Court today to seek a ban on staging matches of the Indian Premier League at night for reasons ranging from security to waste of power.

"The probability of an extremist attack is more during night hours," the PIL said. "Power cut is very common in all parts of the country. We should therefore be rational in using power. In order to cater to the requirements of the cricket matches, there will be accelerated power cuts in more and more areas."

The Howrah Ganatantrik Nagarik Samity, which filed the petition along with Howrah residents Subhash Datta and Subhash Chandra Basu, said "public money cannot be used for the commercial venture of private organisations or individuals".

Their petition said, "The income generated from the IPL cricket matches goes to the coffers of a non-government body like BCCI and to different other private organisers of the individual teams, but money is spent from the state exchequer for making the tournament a success.

"If the timing of the cricket matches is rescheduled to day hours instead of night hours, the country, our society, environment, security aspects, and the people at large will be benefited without causing any discomfort, difficulty, and hardships to the organisers and cricket lovers."

The petition said the traffic and police forces are withdrawn from their daily duties and deployed for managing the event, putting extra pressure on them and leading to a lack of efficiency.

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