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No face saving act this is.

We are happy with the conduct of things over here.


Even the home matches are conducted in "home" venues here.

So its just a post of sympathy.. whose cause is seeing the jealousy here .;)

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No face saving act this is.

We are happy with the conduct of things over here.

Even the home matches are conducted in "home" venues here.

So its just a post of sympathy.. whose cause is seeing the jealousy here .;)


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very good answer sir ji
 
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Which city do you think would have been better

Any city without the hassles of traffic, without the problem of weather would have been fine..

These officials have messed up big time.

i truly want to see this game fail , so that some people have some wake up call.

Im with u Jana.... fail CWG faillllllllllllllllll..........:tdown:
 
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Which city do you think would have been better

in delhi more than 1 million come n go through capital daily.delhi dont have space,population is more etcc.i think chandigarh,goa,hyderabad etc should have been projected for this events.they are very nice places.
 
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well india have failled to organize CWG im happy but im not happy becoz india have failled but happy is becoz when we have probleums india makes fun of it now its our turn but darely i dont like to make fun of india
 
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in delhi more than 1 million come n go through capital daily.delhi dont have space,population is more etcc.i think chandigarh,goa,hyderabad etc should have been projected for this events.they are very nice places.

Why did they select Dehli for it? or was it only for projection as its Indian capital ?
 
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Commonwealth Games chief rushing to New Delhi


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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
NEW DELHI - Daily News with wires

Clouds of doubt surrounding the Commonwealth Games grow bigger and bigger, as Scotland becomes the first team to delay its departure to New Delhi because of the appalling conditions at the athletes' village. The Oct. 3-14 games have been mired in problems for weeks and on Wednesday part of a drop ceiling inside the weightlifting venue collapsed




The Commonwealth Games chief rushed to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with the prime minister over India's chaotic preparations, as two world champion competitors withdrew and England warned that problems with the athletes' village have left the sporting event on a "knife-edge," the Associated Press reported.

No national teams have yet pulled out, but Scotland announced Wednesday it would delay its travel to the Indian capital, where the athletes' village - said to be incomplete and soiled with human excrement - was supposed to open Thursday. The Commonwealth Games team from the Channel Island of Jersey is considering delaying its departure for Delhi as well.

Indian officials insisted that facilities would be ready and immaculate for the Oct. 3 games opening despite wide-ranging concerns about unfinished buildings construction collapses and an outbreak of dengue fever.

The Games, which bring together more than 7,000 athletes from the 71 countries and territories from the former British Empire every four years, was supposed to showcase India as an emerging power in the international community. Instead, it has become a major embarrassment.

The city has had seven years to prepare, though very little work was done until 2008. New Delhi has been a frenzy of activity in recent weeks, as it struggles to meet the deadline - only adding to concern that haste could lead to shortcuts in construction of key facilities.

On Tuesday, a 90-meter pedestrian bridge collapsed at the main stadium, injuring 27 construction workers, five critically. On Wednesday, part of a drop ceiling at the weightlifting venue collapsed, officials said.

Compounding concerns over the readiness of the games facilities are security fears after the Sunday shooting of two tourists outside one of the city's top attractions. An Islamic militant group took responsibility for the shooting.

Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell is due to arrive in New Delhi on Thursday, and has requested a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, federation chief executive Mike Hooper told The Associated Press.

Hooper said the problems with the games preparations had prompted Fennell to rush to New Delhi far earlier than planned. His emergency trip "emphasizes that this is an important issue and we obviously need to engage at the highest level to get it fixed," Hooper said.

International sports officials have called the games village unfinished, dirty, hobbled by numerous infrastructure problems and even "unsafe and unfit for human habitation."

"It's just ******. ... It hasn't been cleaned," said Hooper.

In addition to shoddy conditions inside and outside the buildings, there also are problems with plumbing, wiring, furnishings, Internet access and cell phone coverage. Hooper also confirmed reports of excrement found in the village.

"I've never come across this before," Hooper said of the last-minute preparations. "It's very frustrating to see the delays and the fact that we've had to come right down to the wire."

"We've been complaining about the delivery of the venues for nearly two years, and the constant delays," he said.

Andrew Foster, the chairman of Commonwealth Games England, said Wednesday "the next 24 to 48 hours is the critical time" to determine whether the standards of the athletes' village can be raised.

Foster told the BBC that "the safety of the athletes has to be our primary concern, but equally, we cannot just respond to that alone, we have to evaluate the whole thing together and that is what we are doing."

He said "it's a situation that hangs on a knife-edge."

The Indian media blasted its officials for the turmoil - "C'wealth Games India's Shame," The Times of India newspaper said Tuesday in a page-one headline. "The guilty must be identified and brought to book. It may not restore our reputation, but at least it will show that we, as a nation, value our honor."

But officials continued to downplay the problems, a position that international sports officials say defies reality.

"We are absolutely prepared," Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar, told CNN-IBN television Wednesday.

Speaking of the state of the athletes' village, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy told CNN-IBN: "Athletes and guests should not bother about such small matters," and insisted it would be immaculate when the events begin.

Referring to the collapsed pedestrian bridge, New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told reporters: "The accident is not as big as being made out to be." Dikshit is the equivalent of the city's mayor.

The cost of hosting the games - which the government initially pegged at less than $100 million in 2003 - has skyrocketed, with estimates ranging from $3 billion to more than $10 billion.

Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Michael Cavanagh said that would be put off for "a few days."

The Commonwealth Games team from the Channel Island of Jersey is considering delaying its departure for Delhi as concerns over the athletes' accommodation mounted Wednesday, an official told AFP.

“At the moment we are sending a team but the decision we face is when to go out,” Alan Cross, secretary of the Commonwealth Games Association of Jersey, told AFP. “We're looking at delaying departure because we're still very concerned about accommodation out there.”

Jersey's concerns were shared by officials from Guernsey.

"I'm told by my colleagues who are already there that although work needs to be done - it could be made to the correct standard of accommodation within the next 36 hours," David Harry, chef de mission of the 43-strong Guernsey team told BBC.
 
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It looks like India is not at the capable of pulling off hosting for the CW games.
 
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Any city without the hassles of traffic, without the problem of weather would have been fine..

So they have an excuse on shape of bad whether to put the balm for collapse ;)



Im with u Jana.... fail CWG faillllllllllllllllll.........

Jenny you are reading without paying attention because SO FAR i have not commented about failure of CWGs ;)
 
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So they have an excuse on shape of bad whether to put the balm for collapse ;)


Jenny you are reading without paying attention because SO FAR i have not commented about failure of CWGs ;)

Yaaa... let it collapse.. and all the athletes run away..

Bana, i will be very happy to comment on its failure. so far it looks like a series of blunder. This is what happens when the power of decision is in hands of few or a single individual..

It happened in IPL it can happen in CWG.

Already a lots of known athletes have withdrawn.. i wouldnt be surprised if it is labelled as the worst CWG ever. :whistle:
 
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Yaaa... let it collapse.. and all the athletes run away..

Bana, i will be very happy to comment on its failure. so far it looks like a series of blunder. This is what happens when the power of decision is in hands of few or a single individual..

It happened in IPL it can happen in CWG.

Already a lots of known athletes have withdrawn.. i wouldnt be surprised if it is labelled as the worst CWG ever. :whistle:


1. I am glad now i can take back the J i lend you for this thread as you have started realising what we were debating and not getting "Jealous" of the substandard preparation by India.

2. Some foreign official if i am not wrong CEO of the committee already said it was the worst in the history of CWGs so far.


3. i still am waiting for the outcome to comment if it was failure or success so, so far no word from me
 
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I never said India can't host a sporting event. Only that it is not capable of effectively hosting the CW games. You have roofs and bridges falling apart and the athletes being housed in sub standard conditions.

Yes i agree with you Jigs.. I have already posted my view that this games is already a failure.


I was replying to queries whether India is capable of hosting events like this sort.

This one is a prime example of mismanagement.

Its time to separate politicians from sports here.

Private International events are happening successfully here. when these dirty politicians ( a politiciancalled kalmadi this time) , things get uglier.
 
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