In a first, the Athletics Federation of India has disaffiliated 16 district associations across the country for failing to send teams for the National inter-district junior athletics meet held in Ahmedabad in February.
The list includes Panchkula, which will host the Inter-State Nationals in June, Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri and three districts each from Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir.
“We have given enough warning for the last two years,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla told The Hindu while confirming that it was the first time the federation was disaffiliating district associations for skipping the inter-district Nationals.
