Is this an international stadium, asks Sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar

MARGAO: Sports minister Ramesh Tawadkar continued with his "surprise visits" across the state and, not surprisingly, was left to ponder on the sad state of the available sports infrastructure.
Early on Sunday morning-at 7am to be precise-when the security guards were beginning to leave for home after night duty and some enthusiasts were swimming in the pool, Tawadkar showed up unannounced at the Nehru stadium complex in Fatorda."Is this what you call an international stadium," Tawadkar sought to know.
The sports minister spent some time at the swimming pool, inquired of the users and got a first-hand report of the situation. He then walked to the stadium across the pool and, here too, there was no encouraging sight.
Tawadkar, a former physical education teacher, walked the length of the stadium and in many places was greeted by leaking ceilings and water pipes. The sports minister was also witness to a pool of water in one of the dormitories at the stadium and watched in amusement how dogs put an unlocked room on the eastern stand of the stadium to good use.
"Goa will be hosting two major sporting events in the next couple of years. I thought it was best to inspect the existing sports infrastructure. I had visited Peddem sports complex at Mapusa a few days ago and now I know the exact status of Fatorda," Tawadkar said.
"At Fatorda, we have the space but it is not being maintained. The surroundings need to be clean. There is a mess and scrap all around and it's not befitting an international stadium," Tawadkar, who was not accompanied by any sports official, said. The sports minister was also critical of the leaking roofs and water accumulation in the rooms. "There is no proper illumination in the dormitories," he said.
Goa has been allotted the Lusofonia Games 2013 and National Games 2015.