India, CWG & Corruption

    This year in the month of October India is going to host XIX Common Wealth Games (CWG) at New Delhi, but with every passing time media is cracking irregularities associated in awarding contracts to companies and some of services’ hire by the CWG organising committee on rent basis but the amount payable to them are much more higher even from outright purchase. That’s not all even we are just less then two months away from the start of CWG but till date lot of stadiums still not ready and just recently with few hours of rain few stadiums which have to host different games their roofs starts leaking, water disrupts the entry from main corridor and it is now making people of the country’s worry that CWG may not give embarrassment to them. Question rises here if India was ready for such a big sporting event? It’s answer is that instead of world community to judge where we stand, first Indian Government should have their house in order in their own eyes then give opportunity to others to have there opinion and gone for bidding the games, but as everybody knows across country lot of problems exist and we cannot patch up or covers everything like Government of India spent huge amount ( it was express by congress party’s one leader who is member of Rajya Sabha on one of the news channel)for getting award of hosting the games, on to infrastructure, stadiums renovations plus going to spent huge amount on to the security at the time of CWG. Below coded demons roaring across country-

• Non Stop electricity is a problem,
• Pure drinking water is not accessible in the countless part of country,
• Adulteration /Synthetic eatable food items sold across country,
• Spurious drugs sold by chemists,
• Corruption welcome citizen of this country on daily basis
• Traders try to rob and sold every items many fold more then its price to foreigners
• Fake Indian currency are in existence in the market across country

so lack of control on above coded problems along with problem relating to CWG one cannot think that it will be host successfully, all it need hard work, serious and sincere approach otherwise it will be a dream which will unfold not before 14th October,2010 which is last day of CWG, but being Indian as everybody are hopeful that CWG will be hosted successfully otherwise failure or degraded hosting can hamper India’s chance to host big events in future. Media is exposing corruption in awarding contracts, many fold money spent from its actual cost, stadiums are not ready yet, but organising committee and state government is giving assurances to the public & media that everything is right on track and will be ready on time and New Delhi will host one of the most successful CWG ever held.
CWG budget amended every year –

• In the year 2003 when India awarded XIX CWG budget was 6.35 billion Rupees
• In the year 2007 it was amended to 7.67 billion rupees
• In the year 2008 again it was amended to 17.80 billion rupees

as per reports 350 billion rupees spent on to the CWG like awarding contracts, hiring equipments, basic infrastructure, renovation of Stadiums, but still organising committee is in search of funds and request government of India to release funds, when it refuses then committee asked BCCI to donate one billion rupees, but BCCI also denying it, so how much money is needed by CWG organising committee in the future its really a big mystery.
   In the year 2009 CAG in its report declared out of nineteen stadiums which are going to host the different games, in thirteen stadiums work is not even half completed., and raises suspicion that less then year to go either these stadiums will not be prepare in time or organising committee will compromise with the quality, even six plans were closed by declaring that they are not directly related with CWG. Glimpse of condition of stadiums which are yet not completed but going to host different events/games –

• Jawaharlal Nehru stadium which will host inaugurating and closing ceremonies its deadline is increase lot of time
• In the month of May new shootings range was inaugurated in Kadarpur but because of downpour roofs and four walls collapsed.
• Talkatora Boxing Stadium and Yamuna Sports complex roofs are leaking, false ceiling collapsed and because of water logging wooden floors are damage.
• Shyama Prasad Mukherjee complex’s works completed only forty percent.
• All training centre, Sports village, Shiva ji stadium, Jamia Mellia University fifty percent works still left.

    CWG looking for funds and works which are incomplete how they will finish in time? It is taxpayer’s money which despite pump in for CWG worth 350 billion rupees, still organising committee need money and its hard fact that it’s budget increases almost six folds from its original budget and unless we not enter in 14th October, 2010 CWG will keep on horrifying every Indian and media will keep on coming with new exposé.