The Rajiv Gandhi District Sports Complex (RGDSC), at Dharavi was inaugurated with great fanfare in July last year by former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.


Deep cracks on the basketball court of the Rajiv Gandhi District Sports Complex at Dharavi. Pics/Shadab Khan 

But the effect of poor maintenance of facilities there is already being felt. As a result, the District Sports Office (DSO) city basketball tournaments that would have been held there are being conducted at two other venues — the Indian Gymkhana (Matunga) and the Shishuvan School playground (Kings Circle).