The local organising committee of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on Saturday said they will make adequate arrangement for providing drinking water after more than 25,000 schoolchildren suffered from thirst during India’s opening game of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in New Delhi.
“We know that there were issues with the distribution of water for the first match day of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in New Delhi. There was a provision made by the stadium, as providing drinking water is the responsibility of the facility owner, but there was a lapse on the distribution,” the LOC said in a statement.
It added, “We will be working as hard as possible with all facility owners to ensure that drinking water is readily available for all spectators from here on.”
Same issue today at Kochi too. With the vendor selling water bottles at a higher price, police had to intervene to sort it out. #FIFAU17WC https://t.co/JMdRa1Pb0N
— football news india (@fni) October 7, 2017
Officials who make rules disallowing water in stands must be living it up in VIP lounges as kids go thirsty outside. @FIFAcom #FIFAU17WC
— Satbir Singh (@thesatbir) October 6, 2017
You walk nearly two km to reach your seat with 10-year olds in 35 degrees. And they don’t allow water in. Ridiculous. #FIFAU17WC
— Satbir Singh (@thesatbir) October 6, 2017
The thirsty children, after braving the heat for hours, were forced to fight for as basic an amenity as water.