National College Grounds - Going Nowhere

We are looking at building the next Singapore, yet our kids' playgrounds are fast becoming either walking parks or storage for construction material or being used for all purposes except playing.

As kids (and in college), we grew up around Jayanagar. Madhavan Park Grounds, MNK Park, and National College Grounds were our favorite spots for Sunday Cricket games. These were the famous "pencil" matches where each guy on the winning team would get a pencil. The grounds were crowded but you always got a place to play.

Even to this day, Madhavan Park and MNK Park retain their old charm and one has plenty of place to play. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of National College Grounds.

For years it has been ravaged by Political Parties for their jamborees, Yoga Godmen and the likes. Today the entire place is dug up and is full of mounds and holes. I walked by it yesterday and could not help feeling sorry for the kids who were restricted to one corner of the ground.

I hope the current digging is an indication of "repair"... but it doesnt seem to be. According to people in the area its been this way for months.