Gymnast Dipa Karmakar is planning to seek a replacement for the BMW car she was given as a token of appreciation for her performance at the Rio Olympics. The luxury car is proving hard to maintain in her hometown of Agartala, her family said. She was given the car in August by the Badminton Association of Hyderabad.

Her father said, “Some news reports are saying we are returning the car. It’s not true. We just want to replace it with another one as it difficult to drive and maintain such a vehicle in Agartala.” He said the roads in Tripura were not good enough to drive such a vehicle.

“There are no capable drivers in Agartala town to drive a BMW and the company has no showroom or service centre in the state,” he added. The family said they are speaking to the car maker, and are yet to decide on the car they want to replace it with. However, they clarified that their pick will be based on the availability of showrooms and service centres in Agartala, Hindustan Times reported.

Karmakar’s family said, “If we were living in a city like Kolkata or Mumbai, we would have been able to use the BMW.” She was presented the car by Sachin Tendulkar at a ceremony in Hyderabad. Wrester Sakshi Malik, shuttler PV Sindhu and her coach P Gopichand also received cars of their own at the same event.