FIFA World Cup 2018

Assam man borrows Rs 15 lakh, builds auditorium to screen matches in front yard.Putul Borah, a resident of Diphu town in Assam's Karbi Anglong has constructed a huge 1,800 square feet auditorium in his front yard to witness the mega sporting extravaganza not for himself but for all the football buffs in his small town.Football mania has not just gripped fans from the participating nations at the FIFA World Cup 2018. Fans are going above and beyond to prove their love for the game and sometimes have adopted some rather unusual ways to demonstrate it. While most of the people are catching all the action in Russia via television screens, one football buff in Assam built a big screening hall by taking a Rs 15 lakh loan from a bank.Putul Borah, a resident of Diphu town in Assam’s Karbi Anglong, has constructed a huge 1,800 square feet auditorium in his front yard to host football fans witness in his small town. The 53-year-old die-hard fan of Germany and a local businessman approached a bank to turn his dream into a reality. With a capacity for 500 people, the auditorium hopes to recreate a stadium atmosphere. After all, there is no fun in enjoying a thrilling match alone, right?.“I took a bank loan of Rs 15 lakh for construction of the ‘symbolic stadium’. A 56-inch LCD monitor has been installed where all football fans can witness the highs and lows of the World Cup together,” Borah told Telegraph.