Vinesh expressed her displeasure on social media
Vinesh Phogat
Lucknow: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat yesterday said that she and other wrestlers at the national camp in Lucknow were stranded without electricity for over 24 hours.
While Vinesh made her displeasure known on social media, the real reason behind the delay in restoration of power was the time taken to fix the local transformer. Taking to Twitter, Vinesh wrote: "24hours and more in counting without electricity at Wrestling National Camp. No solution provided yet. Haven’t slept whole night. How will we train without any rest. Not even a single fan working. Still sweating in 36deg of heat in Lucknow!!! (sic)"
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24hours and more in counting without electricity at Wrestling National Camp. No solution provided yet. Haven’t slept whole night. How will we train without any rest. Not even a single fan working. Still sweating in 36deg of heat in Lucknow!!!u00f0u009fu00a4u00afu00f0u009fu00a5u00b5u00f0u009fu00a4u00b7u00f0u009fu008fu00bbu00e2u0099u0080u00efu00b8u008f @Media_SAI @KirenRijiju
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) July 19, 2019
In fact, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju also replied to Vinesh on Twitter and said that the matter was being resolved at the earliest.
I have taken note of the issue @Phogat_Vinesh and found that the fault was in a transformer outside SAI center. SAI officials have been present at the spot since morning to oversee the repair works and power has been restored. https://t.co/B6kkJVvS7x
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) July 19, 2019
Thank you sir for personally looking into this matter and solving this promptly. u00f0u009fu0099u008fu00f0u009fu008fu00bdu00f0u009fu0099u008fu00f0u009fu008fu00bd https://t.co/TWXQiKkg7k
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) July 19, 2019
An official in the ministry confirmed that power had been restored at the facility. "The transformer went kaput and due to that it took time to get the entire issue sorted. The fans were running till morning thanks to the generators in place, but after a while even they stopped working," the official said.
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