Dia Mirza criticises BCCI decision as air quality worsens in Delhi

Bollywood actor Dia Mirza has once again taken to Twitter and asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to acknowledge the poor air quality of New Delhi and how it will affect the players and the people that will come to watch the match. She has also urged the BCCI to use its power and 'Drive Action'.

Earlier in the day, Dia Mirza had also slammed the BCCI for its decision of hosting the T20I series between India and Bangladesh in Delhi. The BCCI had recently announced that the first T20 between both the countries will be held in Delhi from November 3.  Drawing attention to the National capital's severely poor quality, she had claimed that it is quite 'baffling' that the board has decided to go ahead with the match despite the AQI’s severe 412. 

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BCCI won't shift the venue

Notwithstanding taking a "serious note" of the deteriorating air pollution index of Delhi post-Diwali, the BCCI has ruled out any possibility of shifting out the venue of India's first T20 match against Bangladesh at the "eleventh hour." The match will be held as scheduled at Arun Jaitley Stadium (Feroz Shah Kotla) on November 3, (Sunday) as the Board was contemplating taking all measures with various agencies to put down the pollution level.

"Yes, it's a matter of serious concern. The pollution level is very high. But we have taken permission from Delhi Pollution Control Committee and they gave us Sunday as a clear day so we have decided to fix the venue after their consultation. We just have to see how the present level can be brought down. We are in talks with local bodies. But the shifting of the venue was never on. There was no time for it and logistics won't have permitted such a shift. Pollution level is lower than the previous years' post-Diwali but yes, its still very high," BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal told Republic TV in a telephonic conversation.

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