Mumbai: Nearly 33 years later, his trust was allotted a prime plot of land in Bandra Cricketer Sunil for setting up (West) Cricket Academy Gavaskar returned the land to MHADA As promised, he could not build the academy. In 2019, MHADA sent a proposal to take back possession of a 21,348-square-foot plot allotted to the Sunil Gavaskar Cricket Foundation Trust (SGCFT) in the late 1980s to set up an indoor stadium. cricket academy and terminate your agreement with the trust.
Following a fresh appeal by Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, Gavaskar has now returned the land to MHADA. “Sunil Gavaskar has returned the land to MHADA. He has written a letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray And I am saying that he cannot develop the cricket academy as planned, so he is giving back the land,” Awhad said.
MHADA had requested the government in December 2019 to cancel the deal with Gavaskar’s trust.
Gavaskar then picked batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for a joint venture and the two went to Matoshree and met the CM. Gavaskar also met Aaditya Thackeray, patron minister of Mumbai suburbs, after which junior Thackeray asked MHADA if the two cricketing giants could set up an academy on the Bandra plot.
Gavaskar told TOI that he had returned the land. “Yes, the trust had returned the land to the government. My current work commitments and social welfare needs are such that I will not be able to do justice to setting up the academy which was a dream of mine. Yes, of course, if MHADA wants to go ahead with the development on its own and requires any input from me, I will be happy to do so,” Gavaskar told TOI on behalf of SGCFT.
A MHADA official said the trust was to build the academy within three years of land allotment on a 60-year lease, and the terms and conditions were revised in 1999, 2002 and 2007. In 2011, after MHADA received complaints of encroachment on the plot, it proposed action against the trust.
Awhad said the state was exploring options on how to develop the land meant for sports.
“We are looking into the issue and will soon decide how the land lying unutilized for more than 30 years can be developed,” Awhad said.
Officials said that as per the agreement, the SGCFT was to build and operate a non-profit indoor cricket training academy, which would also have a health club, a fitness centre, a swimming pool, a squash court and similar facilities. Apartment complex for players.
Following a fresh appeal by Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, Gavaskar has now returned the land to MHADA. “Sunil Gavaskar has returned the land to MHADA. He has written a letter to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray And I am saying that he cannot develop the cricket academy as planned, so he is giving back the land,” Awhad said.
MHADA had requested the government in December 2019 to cancel the deal with Gavaskar’s trust.
Gavaskar then picked batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for a joint venture and the two went to Matoshree and met the CM. Gavaskar also met Aaditya Thackeray, patron minister of Mumbai suburbs, after which junior Thackeray asked MHADA if the two cricketing giants could set up an academy on the Bandra plot.
Gavaskar told TOI that he had returned the land. “Yes, the trust had returned the land to the government. My current work commitments and social welfare needs are such that I will not be able to do justice to setting up the academy which was a dream of mine. Yes, of course, if MHADA wants to go ahead with the development on its own and requires any input from me, I will be happy to do so,” Gavaskar told TOI on behalf of SGCFT.
A MHADA official said the trust was to build the academy within three years of land allotment on a 60-year lease, and the terms and conditions were revised in 1999, 2002 and 2007. In 2011, after MHADA received complaints of encroachment on the plot, it proposed action against the trust.
Awhad said the state was exploring options on how to develop the land meant for sports.
“We are looking into the issue and will soon decide how the land lying unutilized for more than 30 years can be developed,” Awhad said.
Officials said that as per the agreement, the SGCFT was to build and operate a non-profit indoor cricket training academy, which would also have a health club, a fitness centre, a swimming pool, a squash court and similar facilities. Apartment complex for players.