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  • 11 months ago
In this 'Image of the Day' segment on News Today, Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai highlights a shocking incident of administrative negligence involving 18 young athletes from Odisha. The wrestlers, including 10 boys and 8 girls, were forced to travel to the National School Wrestling Championship in Uttar Pradesh without confirmed tickets. Sardesai describes how they were 'made to sit next to trained toilets in freezing winter cold' due to the lack of basic arrangements. The report questions Odisha's commitment to sports when 'basic dignity is often denied' to future champions.

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00:00I want to leave you though with an image of the day which is just as shocking because outrage is growing in Odisha after 18 young athletes were forced to travel in inhuman conditions to the National School Wrestling Championship in Uttar Pradesh.
00:16They didn't have confirmed tickets, no basic arrangements were made and the 10 boys and 8 girls were made to sit next to train toilets in freezing winter cold.
00:24Their return journey was just as appalling, no tickets, no guardian, no safety. Videos have gone viral triggering political reactions, public anger.
00:33Odisha has positioned itself as a state which is committed to sport but how do you create future champions when basic dignity is often denied to them?
00:45Think about that. I want to leave you there. We bring you stories that we believe need to be told.
00:52Thanks for watching. Stay well, stay safe. Good night. Shubratri. Jai Hind. Namaskan.

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