kolhapur mla from kolhapur south constituency ruturaj patil has sought funds from the state government to develop sports facilities at kasba bawdas pavilion ground the venue is one of the biggest grounds in the city currently tennis ball cricket tournaments are organised at the ground which also has a walking track along with a garden and an open gym patil in his letter to state sports and youth welfare minister sunil kedar has asked for funds to develop a boxing ring swimming pool and a spectator gallery in the premises kasba bawada is one of the rapidly growing city suburbs the indoor badminton and gym facility has been developed at the old building through private participation the levelling of the ground and maintenance has been taken care due to increasing demand from the locals i have requested the minister to develop more sports facilities said patil in the last couple of years over rs 60 lakhs have been spent on installing lights repairing stormwater drain a hall for handicapped players changing rooms parking facility and compound wall the kolhapur municipal corporation kmc is also planning to remove the encroachments surrounding the ground the kmc has decided to develop another ground at sagarmal for which budgetary provision has been made patil maintained that during the cricket tournaments the huge crowd turns up for the matches the locals have to face inconvenience owing to the abrupt parking of the visitor vehicles the entry to the ground will be limited as separate parking spaces will be allocated for the visitors the sanitation issues are also being addressed separate channels are developed to drain out the wastewater from entering the ground added patil