Uppal: After the IPL final match on Sunday, plastic waste bags, papers, plates, bottles (which were banned by the police) and placards were found strewn all over on either side of the Uppal-Habsiguda Road and also inside Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. As the match was between the two hot favourites, Mumbai Indians (who went on to score a narrow one-run victory off the last ball of the match) and Chennai Super kings (the reigning champions) the stadium was packed. Not surprisingly, filth and waste items were thrown indiscriminately, on both inside and outside the premises. After every match, about 20 auto vans are generally deployed to clean up the waste left behind by the fans. The waste discarded on Sunday night was much more. Although the police did not allow eatables, the spectators managed to get their favourite food items inside, going by the covers found thrown across the stadium. Even fired crackers after the exciting match were also found. Concerned citizens told The Hans India that the GHMC officials could have created awareness among the fans to dump waste items in dustbins. Of course, they concede that such course of action would not have helped going by the thousands of people making a beeline at the stadium. However, the citizens observed that the civic could take up the awareness drive in the future.<doc-sep>IPL final: 500 traffic police personnel to be deployed in Hyderabad The police have also requested the Hyderabad Metro to consider operating late night service. news IPL With the final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12, the city traffic police are deploying a massive force of 500 personnel to keep the traffic moving. The traffic police will be deploying 300 traffic personnel in and around Ramanthapur, Habsiguda, Nagole, and Kachiguda routes from where the crowd is expected to move towards the stadium. The traffic at LG Godown from Ramanthapur road and at Ek minar from Habsiguda towards the stadium will be restricted. An additional 200 personnel will be deployed to ensure the safety of commuters, said traffic police. The police have also requested the Hyderabad Metro to consider operating late night service. Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the final match, which will be played at the stadium at Uppal at 7:30pm. The Rachakonda traffic police under whose jurisdiction the match will be taking place, have made arrangements for vehicle parking and pedestrian movement. â€śSince there will be a lot of people, we will be deploying about 500 cops for crowd management, while making sure that all the rules are being followed by the public outside the stadium, at parking areas, and also on all the routes leading to Uppal stadium,â€ť said M Kashi Vishwanath, Uppal traffic inspector to Times of India. The security in and around the stadium is also being beefed up. Special command and control centres have been set up to monitor CCTV footages. SHE teams and special party teams will also be making the rounds. The Rachakonda Police have also made arrangements for 10 parking spaces for the match goers. In the 2017 IPL final held at Hyderabad, the city had witnessed a severe shortage of parking spaces, and some could not even make it to the stadium. This time around, additional parking space has been made available at Genpact, DSL Mall and other locations around the stadium. Police have warned that vehicles being parked on the road and in non-designated spots will be towed away.<doc-sep>The passionate fans of IPL teams will converge in Hyderabad on the sidelines of Sunday's summit clash for a social cause -- to spread awareness on reducing the use of plastics in stadiums. Representatives of fans associations of six IPL franchises will hold a round table conference in Hyderabad, leading to the signing of 'Hyderabad Declaration' on plastic waste management at sports venues. The event is being organised by the International Institute of Waste Management (IIWM), a non-profit organisation that is supported by European Union Resource Efficiency Initiative. Initiated by International Institute of Waste Management as part of the European Union Resource Efficiency Initiative, this will be signed in the presence of other fans association in Hyderabad Central University Campus on 12th May the day of IPL finals. @RCBTweets — RCB Fan Army Official (@rcbfanarmy) May 10, 2019 "After every cricket match, about 4 to 4.5 tonnes of wastes (about 130 grams per spectator) is left behind in the stands. The stands are littered with single-use material like paper and plastic cups, leftover food, packaging items like cardboard, plastic and spoons, forks, tissues and most importantly flags and cheer items," the organisation said in a release. "About 40 per cent of this waste is a single-use plastic material, which poses a great danger to the environment as these materials remain in nature without degrading for long years (some more than 100 yrs)," it added. IIWM has been implementing a project called Green Wicket since 2012 which has helped in creating the Chinnaswamy Stadium the first Green Cricket Stadium in the world. The stadium has all the four eco-infrastructure in place -- Solar PV, Rainwater Harvesting, Wastewater Recycling and Biogas plant for Solid Waste Management, the IIWM said. So proud to see #WhistlePoduArmy joining hands for #Cleanliness campaign! Post our last match, they collected over 10 kilos of garbage at the stadium. Are you striving for a #CleanIndia? all you gotta do is post pictures/videos of cleaning your area using: #DontBeMeanKeepItClean pic.twitter.com/Gjyzvv8t6X — Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) April 7, 2019 As an extension to the Green Wicket project, another initiative called 'Plastic Waste Clean Bowled' began in Bangalore for the IPL matches with the objective of reducing the single-use material and reduce littering. "If the spectators help in segregating the waste, this source segregation will increase the recycling capacity. It is interesting to note that the cricket matches also create entrepreneurship for recyclers," said Bineesha P, Executive Director, IIWM. She said this initiative will be extended to other stadia which will host sports like football, badminton, kabbadi in the coming months.<doc-sep>
This edition of the IPL has given us some thrilling contests to watch but these aren't the only types of clean sweeps going around. There has been a heightened sense of social responsibility this time around, with fans going the extra mile to clean up after themselves once a match is done. Ahead of the final, fans intend to take this to the next level. Representatives of fans associations of six IPL franchises will converge in Hyderabad on the sidelines of Sunday's summit clash to spread awareness on on reducing use of plastics in stadiums. Organised by International Institute of Waste Management (IIWM), a non-profit organisation that is supported by the European Union Resource Efficiency Initiative, the meet up will see a round table conference being held in the city, after which the 'Hyderabad Declaration' on plastic waste management at sporting venues will be signed. READ | CSK's Yellow Army cleans stand at Chepauk after KXIP match, catches Raina's eye “After every cricket match, about 4 to 4.5 tonnes of wastes (about 130 grams per spectator) is left behind in the stands. The stands are littered with single use material like paper and plastic cups, leftover food, packaging items like card boards, plastic and spoons, forks, tissues and most importantly flags and cheer items,” the organisation said in a release. “About 40 percent of this waste is single use plastic material, which pose great danger to the environment as these material remain in nature without degrading for more than 100 years,” it added. IIWM has been implementing a project called Green Wicket since 2012 which has helped in making Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru the first Green Cricket Stadium in the world. The stadium has all the four eco-infrastructure in place -- Solar PV, Rainwater Harvesting, Waste water Recycling and Biogas plant for Solid Waste Management, the IIWM said. As an extension to the Green Wicket project, another initiative called ‘Plastic Waste Clean Bowled’ began in Bengaluru for the IPL matches with the objective of reducing the single use material and to reduce littering. “If the spectators help in segregating the waste, this source segregation will increase the recycling capacity. It is interesting to note that the cricket matches also create entrepreneurship for recyclers,” said Bineesha P, Executive Director, IIWM. Bineesha added that this initiative will be extended to other stadia which will host sports like football, badminton, kabbadi in the coming months.