ICC Champions matches under generators lights
Bureau Report

LAHORE—Power supply of Flood Lights in different stadiums during the August-September ICC Championships Trophy matches in Pakistan will be managed through Generators instead of Wapda electricity to avoid power failure in the mega event.
“We don’t want a repeat of a sorry situation as during a one day international at Lahore during one day international against Bangladesh recently”, said a spokesman of ICC Champions Trophy event management here on Monday. The decision to use Generators during the Champions Trophy was finalized here recently during meeting with Chris Tetley, ICC Event Manager Ahmed Farooq Malik, Director Event Management,ICC champions trophy.
A mobile generator would also be in place to serve as a backup facility in case of some generator developing a technical problem while a proposal regarding issuance of Machine Readable Tickets (MRT) was also under active consideration to avoid the chance of use of fake tickets. The spokesman said that report regarding fake tickets being caught in 4th ODI at Multan between Bangladesh and Pakistan Teams led to the idea of issuance of (MRT) to avoid the possibility of use of counterfeit tickets.
“ We will ensure best possible steps to facilitate the spectators during the Champions Trophy at various centres to ensure that they do not stand in long queues while entering into stadium “,he said adding “ We will introduce proper gate management and entry systems”. “In order to ensure foolproof security arrangements we will are in the process of hiring the services of top experts in this field “, he said adding “ Our security department will be headed by an ex-armymen who is a specialist in security “.