Res­i­dents liv­ing in the up­scale com­mu­ni­ty of Lange Park in Ch­agua­nas and en­vi­rons are to get a new ten-acre play­ing field for crick­et and foot­ball. This pledge comes from Ch­agua­nas may­or Or­lan­do Nages­sar who said he met with an­gry Lange Park res­i­dents on Tues­day who com­plained bit­ter­ly that "out­siders" were us­ing the recre­ation ground in the com­mu­ni­ty and not giv­ing res­i­dents of the area a chance, es­pe­cial­ly on evenings, to ex­er­cise along the jog­ging track.

Nages­sar said one res­i­dent com­plained that an el­der­ly woman was ex­er­cis­ing and was hit on the head by a hard crick­et cork ball and had to be hos­pi­talised.He said the ground was a pub­lic play­ing field and every­one was en­ti­tled to use it since tax­pay­ers' dol­lars were be­ing used to main­tain it.

Nages­sar said the meet­ing in­clud­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the crick­et club, who were asked to de­sist from play­ing hard­ball crick­et in the play­field from 6 pm to 10 pm be­tween Mon­day and Fri­day.He said if the crick­et club breach­es the or­der they would be eject­ed from the fa­cil­i­ty. How­ev­er he said crick­eters could use the nets at the fa­cil­i­ty and would be free to prac­tise on week­ends.

He said it was im­por­tant that peo­ple got ex­er­cise reg­u­lar­ly to stem the tide of lifestyle dis­eases linked with car­diac prob­lems and di­a­betes. Nages­sar said the bor­ough was giv­en per­mis­sion to de­vel­op a ten-acre site next to the present ground that would be ded­i­cat­ed to crick­et and foot­ball.

Nages­sar said this new fa­cil­i­ty should be ready in six months' time once a cost fac­tor is worked out, and when the new ground comes on stream on­ly wind­ball crick­et would be al­lowed on the present ground.