PM4K NEWS 088: CWG DEALINE MISSED

 

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

NEW DELHI: Meant to showcase India as a world class sporting venue, the Commonwealth Games could end up being an unforgettable embarrassment for the country given the shoddy build-up which has turned host city Delhi into a giant construction site. Tons and tons of rubble are piled on pavements as civic agencies race against time to finish the so-called beautification drive, while the Games' venues present an equally grim picture of unkept promises that were made when the hosting rights were won amid much fanfare in 2003.

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PM4K NEWS 074: MINTO BRIDGE PROJECT TO MISS CWG DEADLINE

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NEW DELHI: The plan for widening the historic Minto Bridge is the latest entry in the list of infrastructure projects that have de-linked from the Commonwealth Games. Officials of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Northern Railways PRO Anand Swaroop said the decision to de-link the project from the Games was taken “unanimously” by all agencies involved. With this, the Northern Railways’ plan to add two more tracks to the bridge and widen the structure will now miss the Games deadline. The plan for widening the historic Minto Bridge is the latest entry in the list of infrastructure projects that have de-linked from the Commonwealth Games. 

Officials of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Northern Railways PRO Anand Swaroop said the decision to de-link the project from the Games was taken “unanimously” by all agencies involved. With this, the Northern Railways’ plan to add two more tracks to the bridge and widen the structure will now miss the Games deadline.

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

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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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PM4K NEWS 041: CORRUPTION, COST ESCALATION IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES PROJECTS

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NEW DELHI: Alleging "massive corruption" in all infrastructure projects linked to the Commonwealth Games 2010, BJP today said Delhi Government has been spending huge sum of money "mindlessly" to speed up work on them as the mega event approaches. Alleging that the government was responsible for "inordinate delays" in implementation of various key projects, senior party leader V K Malhotra said huge cost escalation of work was only benefitting the builders.

"Massive corruption is taking place in all the projects being implemented by the Delhi Government. Now the Government is ready to spend any amount of money to ensure national prestige," Malhotra told reporters.

Asked whether he has any substantial proof to back his allegation, he said the Comptroller and Auditor General in its report has already found financial irregularities in implementation of various projects. "Cost of the projects has increased three-four times. Who is responsible for it? Is it not corruption?"

 

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PM4K NEWS 037: DELHI RUNNING OUT OF TIME FOR 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

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NEW DELHI: A year from now, the eyes of the sporting world will be on India, as the country's capital prepares to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games Oct. 3-14.

With the one-year countdown officially on, there are serious concerns that Delhi won't be able to pull it off. "Two years before the Games, I had told the organizing committee that time was not your friend," Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell told reporters after an October meeting of representatives in Delhi. "And now, one year before it, I say, time is your enemy."

India has never hosted an event of this magnitude.

 

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PM4K NEWS 018: ANOTHER DELHI METRO TRAIN DERAILS

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NEW DELHI: A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi on Sunday morning, disrupting train services temporarily, an official said. While no injuries were reported, a junior engineer has been suspended.
Two wheels of the front coach of a metro train went off the tracks near the Yamuna Bank station at 6.02 a.m., causing some panic among the passengers. This was the first train service of the day on the Yamuna Bank-Indraprastha-Dwarka line, said an official of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

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PM4K NEWS 011: 2 YEARS BAND ON GAMMON INDIA FOR DELHI METRO MISHAP

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NEW DELHI: With the Delhi Metro probe panel finding serious fault with the design and material that led to a major accident at a construction site July 12, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to blacklist its design consultants and crack down on some senior officials, urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy informed the Lok Sabha Tuesday.

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PM4K NEWS 010: DELHI METRO PROJECT TEAM SKIPPED KEY CHECKS

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NEW DELHI: The inquiry report into the July 12 incident at the Metro construction site in Zamrudpur is a damning indictment of the way Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been cutting corners to meet deadlines, or even stay ahead of them. What DMRC made public on July 28 omits critical observations and conclusions in the report that put a huge question mark over DMRC's functioning and safety of the structures it has built.

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PM4K NEWS 009: DESIGN DEFICIENCY LED TO DELHI METRO PILLAR 67 MISHAP

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) director E Sreedharan on Tuesday tabled the action taken report on the July 12 mishap on pillar 67 and announced that the tragedy occurred due to the design and material deficiencies. Sreedharan added, “We will finish all the projects linked to Phase II of Delhi Metro before commencement of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.”

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