NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board has told the Bombay High Court that it has tied up with the Royal Western India Turf Club to get treated sewage water from its treatment plant for IPL matches that are to be played in Mumbai and Pune.The court is hearing a PIL filed by NGO Loksatta Movement challenging the staging of IPL matches in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur at a time when there was a drought-like situation in many parts of the state.The BCCI counsel also told the court that the King XI Punjab team was willing to move three of its matches that are scheduled in Nagpur to its home ground Mohali or anywhere else if the court directs it.The turf club, which runs the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Mumbai will supply 7-8 tankers of treated sewage water to the stadiums everyday.“In this case, instead of discharging treated sewage water into the sea, we are using it in the stadiums,” the BCCI counsel told the court.The high court had pulled up the BCCI during the last hearing on the use of large quantities of water for ground maintenance.The state government told Bombay HC that it has no affinity for the games and has no objection if the matches are moved out of the state.The court also said that a forensic lab should test and must if the water used for the opening match of the IPL was potable.Last week, the court had come down heavily on the state government’s role in the matter asking was it not the duty of the state to enquire how, when there is a water shortage, were the cricket boards getting enough water to maintain pitches.“Was there any application of mind on this issue that you are giving permission for an event like this when such a huge amount of water is required,” the court said pointing out that for the festival of Holi there was an appeal that it should be a dry Holi.“How can you waste water like this? Are you going to maintain gardens and stadiums when people are dying? Is this what you are saying?” it said.