kolkata what do the clubs do with the grant they receive from the mamata banerjee government for promotion of sports toi visited some of these clubs on wednesday and found that in many cases the money is being spent on several activities other than sports while some clubs are busy adding floors to their existing premises some are bent on beautifying the club and others are organizing blood donation camps and cultural functions with the grant getting the rs 2 lakh sports assistance isnt too difficult for most clubs for instance ghoshpukur barowari samiti located in a dingy lane in a slum on girish mukherjee road had applied for the grant last year and got rs 2 lakh without facing any hurdle the secret the clubs president is sandip ranjan bakshi brother of trinamool heavyweight subrata bakshi and a trinamool congress councillor the elated club managing committee immediately decided to make the best use of the money by adding a floor we have added a floor by using the grant money and spent some of it in organizing a blood donation camp as well said club member somnath jana southern park bidyut sangha a club constructed illegally inside a kmc park used the grant it received last year for beautifying its premises jayanta mukherjee club secretary on wednesday proudly pointed out to toi the newly built wall and a fresh co at of paint the club locals said has hardly any connection with promotion of sportsthere is a football ground next to it the club could have used some of the grant for promotion of football said atul sen a local resident the club is eyeing a rs 1 lakh grant this year for renovation as toi dug deeper we found that using the money for nonsports activities wasnt the only aberration friends association a club on kali temple road has turned into a party office for manjusree majumdar local trinamool councillor ward 83 raja majumdar her son is president of the club which received a rs 2 lakh grant last year on being asked how the club utilized the money manjusree majumdar said her son would be a in a better place to give a detailed account as far as i know we organize health camps distribute books among needy students and do such charitable work throughout the year she said no sporting activities on this listmoreover a trinamool congress leader of the area pointed out that the civic body provides each councillor with clothes and funds to help the needy the youth af fairs department says each registered club is entitled to get a onetime grant of rs 2 lakh it will then get rs 1 lakh for three consecutive years the department also lays down strict rules for how the money should be spent it has to be promotion of sports coaching of budding talents in the fields of football cricket or any other major game apart from this building proper infrastructure for promotion of sports