IPL Water Row: Bombay High Court Allows May 1 IPL Match in Pune

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to hold the May 1 Indian Premier League (IPL) match as scheduled in Pune.
The BCCI had earlier in the day moved the HC to allow the Rising Pune Supergiants vs Mumbai Indians game in Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Gahunje, Pune.
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The Indian board had cited logistical issues as the reason for difficulties in moving the game to another venue as per the court's order to shift all the IPL games out of the drought-hit state of Maharashtra from April 30 onward.
The cash-rich league had been at the centre of controversy after a PIL filed by the Foundation for Democratic Reforms and Loksatta Movement highlighted that the IPL venues in Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur were consuming 60 lakh litres of water to maintain their respective pitches at a time when the state of Maharashtra was going through drought.

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Also the HC, along with its order to shift the games out of the state, said the water that would have been consumed by the three grounds be supplied to the court-nominated villages in Maharashtra.
The matter will next come up for hearing on May 2.