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PM4K NEWS 058: 30,000 VOLUNTEERS TO BE ROPED IN FOR CWG

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NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Organising Committee Friday launched a programme – Delhi United – to recruit and train 30,000 volunteers to make the upcoming Games a success. The programme was launched by Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi and attended by Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra.

‘Volunteers will be the backbone of a successful Commonwealth Games. Delhi United has been aimed to encourage every citizen regardless of age and occupation in making the games the best ever,’ Kalmadi said. Delhi United will recruit, train and deploy volunteers. Apart from students, five categories of volunteers – senior citizens, professionals, homemakers, disabled and students of the international community living in Delhi will be recruited. The programme was launched on the eve of International Volunteer Day.

The Commonwealth Games will be held between Oct 3 and 14 next year in the capital.

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PM4K QUOTES 041: AVOID FAN CLEANING

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“A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning.”

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PM4K NEWS 057: DELHI CM MEETS PM, DISCUSSES CWG PROJECT STATUS

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NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is understood to have apprised him of the status of various infrastructure projects undertaken by her government as part of preparations for next year's Commonwealth Games. Delhi Government sources said preparations relating to the prestigious event mainly figured during the meeting.
The Chief Minister is also understood to have explained to the Prime Minister about the efforts being undertaken by her government to make the sporting extravaganza a great success. The meeting comes just a week after the Commonwealth Games Federation Coordination Commission, evaluating preparations for the event, expressed concern over status of projects relating to the event.

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PM4K QUOTES 040: ONE MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY

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"The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.” -- Peter Drucker

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PM4K NEWS 056: DELHI METRO PHASE-II TO BE READY BEFORE CWG

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NEW DELHI: The under-construction Delhi Metro phase-II, covering 125 km and connecting the airport from various points, will be ready before the Commonwealth Games next year in the national capital, a top official has said.
"The phase-II of the Metro project will be definitely ready by September next," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director E Sreedharan told PTI on the sidelines of an award function here last night.
"We have already opened a 25-km stretch and another 8 km stretch will be opened next week," he said, adding, "Like this, every month one or the other line will be opened. This includes the high speed metro connections to airport, which will also be ready by September 2010."

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PM4K QUOTES 039: HERDING CATS

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HERDING CATS

"Managing IT people is like herding cats."

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PM4K NEWS 055: DUAC PASSES BUCK OF CWG PROJECT DELAYS TO CIVIC AGENCIES

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NEW DELHI: Severely criticised by the government for holding up ‘development work’, the Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC), the body that approves plans of the state’s development projects, has worked out a face-saver.

DUAC has now decided that if it wants changes in the construction plans of development projects, these changes will need to be carried out in two months flat, following which DUAC will give the final nod. In case civic agencies fail to get back on time after making the necessary changes, the Commission will consider such projects ‘returned’ to respective parent agencies. This decision was taken in a meeting on November 18.

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PM4K QUOTES 038: NINE MONTHS

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"It takes one woman nine months to have a baby. It cannot be done in one month by impregnating nine women (although it is more fun trying)."

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PM4K NEWS 054: CWG TELECAST MAY BE OFF, UK BROADCASTER WARNS DD

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NEW DELHI: If delay in getting stadia and infrastructure ready for Commonwealth Games next year is giving sleepless nights to many, hiccups have crept into finalisation of contract for worldwide telecast of the event, raising doubts also about TV coverage of the ongoing Queen's Baton Relay.
The contract was awarded in October after a global tender to UK-based SIS Live, Europe's largest outside broadcast and uplink supplier, for Rs 246 crore. But the paper work has not yet been finalised, leading a miffed SIS Live to tell Doordarshan that unless the contract was finalised soon, it would be difficult for it to continue with the work.

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PM4K QUOTES 037: HOURS DON’T COUNT

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"It's not the hours that count, it's what you do in those hours."

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PM4K NEWS 053: UNIQUE ID WILL IMPROVE NATIONAL SECURITY

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Unique ID Project here’s another update.

The Unique Identification (UID) number would be useful in improving security in the country, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman, Nandan Nilekani said in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. "When we have the full coverage, that is once everybody has the number, which may take number of years, it will help in identification of a person," Nilekani said when quizzed about implications of the UID project on national security.

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PM4K QUOTES 036: ATTACK RISKS

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"If you don't attack the risks, the risks will attack you."

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PM4K NEWS 052: CWG STILL IN DANGER WARNS CWG FEDERATION

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NEW DELHI: New Delhi's preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games has picked up pace over the last two months but the event still risks failure, according to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission, whose full report was published today. Chaired by CGF treasurer Austin Sealy, the Coordination Commission visited the Indian capital last week to inspect preparations. The panel said in its conclusion: "While substantial progress has been demonstrated by OC (Organising Committee) and its delivery partners since last COCOM, it is clear successful delivery of the Games remains at risk in many key areas.

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PM4K QUOTES 035: LOOSE YOUR HEAD

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"If you can keep your head while all around you are losing theirs, you haven't understood the plan."

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PM4K NEWS 051: HOW NILEKANI WILL MAKE UNIQUE ID PROJECT PROFITABLE

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Unique ID Project here’s another update.

The ambitious unique ID project, headed by Nandan Nilekani, wants to ensure that every citizen of the country is provided with a unique id number. But how does it plan to make profits? CNBC-TV18 has managed to get a copy of the draft Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) document. The 41-page document largely has no surprises, reports CNBC-TV18's Sunanda Jayaseelan. That is because Nandan Nilekani had already detailed them in his various presentations over different periods of time. But the most interesting aspect is how does this project expect to make back the revenue, which has been outlined for this project.

It’s a two-fold step that this plant proposes. The first is it will generate revenues through charging for the services, which other beneficiaries will use and second is through enrolment fees.

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PM4K QUOTES 034: PROJECT DATA INTERPRETATION

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"If you can interpret project status data in several different ways, only the most painful interpretation will be correct."

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PM4K NEWS 050: FIRE IN CWG CONSTRUCTION SITE

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Commonwealth Games Project here’s another update.

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a Commonwealth Games site in Delhi University area in the north of the capital Thursday (24-Dec-09) evening. No one was injured, a fire brigade official said. “We received a call at 7.05 PM about a fire in the fibre sheets installed at the under construction site,” a fire brigade official said.

“Five fire tenders were rushed to the spot and they took nearly two hours to control the fire. No one was injured in the incident,” the official added.

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PM4K QUOTES 033: NOT WRITTEN? NOT SAID!

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From a Project Management standpoint, “a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” In short, “What has NOT been written, has NOT been said.”

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PM4K NEWS 049: SECRECY FEARS OVER INDIA’S EPIC UNIQUE ID PROJECT

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Unique ID Project here’s another update.

MUMBAI: As India embarks on the largest citizen identity project in history, the high-profile agency implementing it was left red-faced after its confidential working paper was leaked onto the Internet. Titled "Creating a Unique Identity Number for Every Resident in India", the leaked document reveals in-depth details about the government project to reach 1.03 billion citizens - an undertaking on a scale never tried before in the world. The unique identity document (UID) number, stored and verifiable online from a central database, can be used for a lifetime - for passports, bank accounts, social welfare programs, phone services to airport check-ins. The ID number would be verified with individual biometrics such as fingerprints and iris scans.

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PM4K QUOTES 032: DON’T GET EMOTIONAL

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“Be an adult. Be a professional. Don’t let your emotions flow all over your project” -- Natasha Chauhan

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PM4K NEWS 048: DELHI CM WARNS CWG CONTRACTORS

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NEW DELHI: With just over 285 days left for the mega 2010 commonwealth Games to begin in the Capital, the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit is getting jittery because of the continuous delay in the completion of the projects. In the latest review done by the international experts of the Commonwealth Games Federation, though the officials were happy with the progress yet they raised concerns over the continuously extending deadlines of games projects.

The officials have said that the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JNS), which is the main venue for the event, is lagging behind and was supposed to be delivered by December 31 this year but the new deadline has been extended to June-end. Apart from JNS, the SP Mukherjee swimming venue is also delayed and the deadline has been extended again.

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PM4K QUOTES 031: USER KNOWS BEST

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“A user is somebody who tells you what they want the day you give them what they asked for.”

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PM4K NEWS 047: UNISYS TO PARTNER LOCAL IT COMPANIES TO BID FOR UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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NEW DELHI: UNISYS, one of the biggest government solution providers in the US, plans to bid for India’s national Unique identity (UID) project by partnering with country’s top tech firms including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro and Tech Mahindra. The company has already deployed identity, biometric and immigration control solutions in countries such as Australia, Malaysia, the US, Panama, Canada and Angola. “We are in advance talks with TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra for a local partnership to bid for the national UID project of India. Interestingly, identity and biometric solutions currently used in Australia and Angola were developed in our biometric centre of excellence in Bangalore. We want to leverage the same now for the India market,” said John Kendall, national security program director, Unisys Global Public Sector.

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PM4K QUOTES 030: NO NO WITHOUT YES

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Never allow a person to tell you NO who doesn't have the power to say YES. --Eleanor Roosevelt

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PM4K NEWS 046: NEW DELHI STRUGGLING TO PREPARE CWG

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Commonwealth Games Project here’s another update.

Construction for next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi has slipped further behind schedule. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says all she can do now is pray the Commonwealth Games will open on schedule in October next year. Mrs Dikshit admits construction of several venues, including the stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies is now lagging behind.

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PM4K QUOTES 029: PROJECT MANAGERS vs TEA BAGS

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Strong Project Managers are like Tea Bags. The more you put them in hot water, the stronger they get.

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PM4K NEWS 045: YAHOO SHOWS INTEREST IN INDIA’S UNIQUE ID PROJECT

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On her first visit to India after becoming the CEO of Internet company Yahoo, Carol Bartz said she showed interest in India's Unique Identity (UID) project, reported MSN India. Headed by former Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani, the project will assign every Indian citizen with a unique identification number that will identify him or her.

Bartz met India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Nilekani in New Delhi and is reported to have discussed the matter with him. "It was primarily a courtesy meeting where we also did inquire if Yahoo could be of any help in the area of cloud technologies. We are in the business of managing data. We process around 500 billion e-mails every month, so we wondered if we could assist in the area of managing the databases as India tries to implement the Unique Identity (UID) project," Bartz told the media in Delhi.

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PM4K QUOTES 028: LUCKY PROJECT MANAGERS

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Agreed, there are no good project managers - only lucky ones, but, the more you plan the luckier you get.

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PM4K NEWS 044: DELHI CM ‘PRAYS’ FOR CWG SUCCESS

Continuing with the PM4K NEWS Series on the Commonwealth Games Project here’s another update.

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said on Sunday she can only pray for a successful Commonwealth Games next year after admitting to delays in the construction of venues. "I only keep praying that we won't let the country down," Dikshit told the Press Trust of India as concerns mounted over the slow progress of work for the October 3-14 Games in the Indian capital.

Dikshit's remarks came after Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Mike Fennell said he was distressed by a report that two major venues won't be ready till June next year, barely three months before the opening ceremony.

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