CAB rejects any plot behind floodlight failure at Eden
IANS, Kolkata: Ruling out any conspiracy in the floodlight failure at the Eden Gardens, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) stadium committee chairman Chitrak Mitra on Monday insisted it was the carelessness of a single person which led to the debacle.
On Saturday, one of the giant light towers at the Eden malfunctioned which led to a 15-minute stoppage during a WT20 Group 1 encounter between New Zealand and Bangladesh. The CAB held a meeting on Monday evening with 30 officials including members from the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation, Public Works Department and GARUDA (company in charge of the generators) to sort out the issue.
Questions were asked if a factional feud between CAB members had led to the blunder. But Mitra stated otherwise. It happened because of a human error. The man who did it has sought an apology. There was no conspiracy behind this. The media is trying to highlight the incident by bringing in the question of sabotage. There was nothing like it. And since he has owned up there is no need for an investigation, Mitra told reporters here.
The man being blamed for the fiasco is 73 years old and is said to have forgotten to switch over power supply from the CESC cables to the generator during the mid innings break on Saturday. Later when he tried doing that in the 11th over of the second innings, the line tripped.
