India, Aug. 2 -- Residents of Gaur City 1 staged a protest outside the Gaur City Stadium on Saturday morning, alleging that the stadium management had been denying them access to the facility due to ongoing "commercial" construction disguised as renovation work.

The protest follows a notice, dated July 20 and posted outside the stadium, which stated that the facility would remain closed for one to two months for "essential repair, renovation and maintenance work".

"Families pay every year to use the stadium for morning and evening walks and other activities. On the pretext of repairs, the builder is grabbing land and carrying out commercial construction inside the stadium," claimed Raj C Sen, a resident of Gaur City 1.

The 18-acre stad...