Sourav Ganguly gets trapped in a lift at Eden Gardens

CAB president Sourav Ganguly had to deal with an unusual problem at the Eden Gardens after he got struck in the stadium club lift today. The lift, which is more than 29 years old, malfunctioned and Ganguly had to be pulled out using a stool.

Ganguly was on his way to his office on the first floor when the old manually operated grill door lift got stuck between the two floors. The alarmed security men quickly came to the rescue and avoided any mishap.

“We quickly disconnected the power and manually opened the door. A stool was lowered inside and Dada came out by climbing on it,” a security official told PTI.

A switch-over in power supply led to this embarrassing incident around 5pm.

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“When such things happen we quickly turn off the power and open the grill lock manually,” the security added.

The lift was installed during the renovation work of the stadium way back in 1987 when it hosted the World Cup final, a former CAB secretary said.

Eden Gardens has gone for a major facelift in the 2011 World Cup but the age old lift has remained untouched and incidentally this is the only lift that the iconic BC Roy Clubhouse has.

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“We have a proposal to change the lift and install a high-tech automatic one but it will take some time,” the official added.