The Pune franchise has been bought by Mr Anibran Sarkar,
owner of the Deccan Water Treatment Pvt. Ltd. The company founded in 1998
subsequently entered in the field of waste water treatment and developed
packaged type sewage treatment plant working in India and overseas with the value
of the organization said to be nearly 2000 Cr.
Speaking on the announcement Hockey India
Secretary-General and Hero Hockey
India League Chairman Dr. Narinder
Batra said “We welcome Deccan Water Treatment and Mr. Sarkar as the
new franchise for next season’s Hockey India League. These are exciting times
for us as a new city
will be able to witness the International tournament and the amount of people
we will be reaching out too will also be more in number.”
Talking about the growth of the sport in the country he
said, “With a new franchise coming in and a company like Deccan Water Treatment
contributing to the sport, we are moving in the right direction.”
Speaking on owning the Pune franchise of Hero HIL, Mr Sarkar
said, “Having closely and sincerely following the developments of hockey in our
country under the leadership of Dr. Narinder Batra, I was very impressed and
felt a need to be a part and contribute to the sport”. Having a love and
passion for hockey since his school days in Pune, Mr Sarkar says that the city
has produced many hockey Stars for India .
“The cradle for hockey in India has seen stars like Baboo
Nimal, Joseph Philips, Dhanraj Pillay, Vikram Pillay and many international and
national players and I too grew up like many other Pune boys playing for my
school in inter-school and Zilla parishad matches with borrowed hockey sticks
from friends. Buying the Pune franchise is the just the beginning for a larger
and better future for the sport in the country.”
Deccan Water Treatment Pvt. Ltd. is the pioneer in the
manufacturing of RO systems for Drinking water specialized for desalination and
arsenic removal by reverse osmosis process. Backed by the most modern
technology they provide a solution to all water treatment problems under one
roof and also have diversified into Solar Energy in 2010. The company has not
restricted to a single sector or region as their aim is to reach the remotest
of villages for provision of Drinking water and efficient treatment of waste
water and its recycling.
HI Press release
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