litigation and lack of cooperation for sustained maintenance the west zone is also handling four playground development packages worth rs 32928 lakh work under package 1 rs 8725 lakh in mattikere sanjaynagar and malleswaram is already complete package 4 estimated to cost rs 8568 lakh was completed at an expenditure of just rs 244 lakh many grounds listed in this package were already developed this helped us spend less than the estimate kakkarayanakere ground was given up for metro work a bbmp engineer from the zone says they propose to use the additional funds for other development works however the packages under each zone cover only 20 to 27 playgrounds while there are many more crying for immediate attention smaller grounds do not seem to figure on the lists no play only development the corporation ground next to shivajinagar bus stand goes by many names like chota maidan and tasker town ground presently it is of little use due to a renovation drive that has been on for over twoandhalf years much of it is occupied by workers sheds bbmp engineers are confident of completing the 7crore project to convert the four acres here into a fullfledged stadium with a seating capacity of 1200 by march 2009 the east wing is almost complete with cellar parking for 40 cars