Hyderabad will not be hosting the second season of the Indian Racing League (IRL) as the racing carnival has been shifted to Chennai after failing to obtain a clearance certificate from the police department.
The street circuit race was supposed to kick off in Hyderabad on November 4 and 5, but the organisers couldn’t get the requisite permission from the police department. Top sources told The Hindu that governing bodies, including the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), had no objection in assisting the race to be held in the city. However, the police department reportedly succumbed to pressure with elections around the corner.
“We have to move to Chennai, and it’s heartbreaking that the race which kicked off in Hyderabad has to be shifted to a different venue. Overall, the entire logistics changes, and we have to make other arrangements in our approach,” a top source associated with the handling of IRL said.
