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NEW DELHI: The ambitious AIFF-Bharti Academy, first proposed to be established in Goa and then in Haryana, is on hold "for the time being", national football federation acting chief Praful Patel said on Wednesday.
The academy, for which Bharti Airtel had to pump in Rs 100 crore, was to be established in Goa but a land dispute and tussle between two ministers in the state government led to the project being rendered a non-starter.
Later, it was proposed to be shifted to Haryana but Patel said the assurance given by the north Indian state government turned out to be an "oral promise".
"The academy was to come up in Goa but a land dispute arose and Bharti agreed to shift it to Haryana. But again the Haryana government could not give us land required for the academy," Patel said after an emergency committee meeting of the AIFF.
"It turned out that the earlier assurance given (by Haryana government) was an oral promise," he added.
Patel said he had requested Bharti not to scrap the project as the academy "can come up as and when the land is available".
"I had interactions with Bharti people recently and I had requested them not to lose interest in the academy. They have assured me they are for the project as and when land is available," Patel assured.
"I am still speaking to the Goa government to sort out the land issue. It is Goa which is going to lose out a state-of-the-art academy on account of petty issues," he said.
"I had interactions with Bharti people recently and I had requested them not to lose interest in the academy. They have assured me they are for the project as and when land is available," Patel assured.
"I am still speaking to the Goa government to sort out the land issue. It is Goa which is going to lose out a state-of-the-art academy on account of petty issues," he said.
TOI
The academy, for which Bharti Airtel had to pump in Rs 100 crore, was to be established in Goa but a land dispute and tussle between two ministers in the state government led to the project being rendered a non-starter.
Later, it was proposed to be shifted to Haryana but Patel said the assurance given by the north Indian state government turned out to be an "oral promise".
"The academy was to come up in Goa but a land dispute arose and Bharti agreed to shift it to Haryana. But again the Haryana government could not give us land required for the academy," Patel said after an emergency committee meeting of the AIFF.
"It turned out that the earlier assurance given (by Haryana government) was an oral promise," he added.
Patel said he had requested Bharti not to scrap the project as the academy "can come up as and when the land is available".
"I had interactions with Bharti people recently and I had requested them not to lose interest in the academy. They have assured me they are for the project as and when land is available," Patel assured.
"I am still speaking to the Goa government to sort out the land issue. It is Goa which is going to lose out a state-of-the-art academy on account of petty issues," he said.
"I had interactions with Bharti people recently and I had requested them not to lose interest in the academy. They have assured me they are for the project as and when land is available," Patel assured.
"I am still speaking to the Goa government to sort out the land issue. It is Goa which is going to lose out a state-of-the-art academy on account of petty issues," he said.
TOI
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