Hello Codeforces,

This blog is to highlight the issue of the top teams in ICPC Amritapuri Regional Contest being given Kollam as a site instead of Bengaluru. Every year, the top teams are given Bengaluru as their site for ICPC. Travelling to Bengaluru is easy and cheap. Having Bengaluru as our site preference is a huge motivation for us and several other top teams competing for the top spots in the preliminary contests.

However, this year we have been given Kollam. For most teams travelling from northern parts of India, the travel costs to Kollam is triple of the cost to travel to Bengaluru. Travelling to Kollam also requires more time and is inconvenient.