SPORT-GAMES 2LST

"In response, Mr Raju Sebastian of the Protocol Division
of the Indian High Commission, giving reference to our mail to
the First Secretary Vikrant Ratan, informed that the approved
vendors for transport are AM Car and Van and the Chauffeur
Company," Kalmadi stated.
All this while, Sports Minister M S Gill was busy
rejecting criticism of the venues at inauguration of the
Weightlifting auditorium in the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium.
Gill said media has been wrongly criticising the
preparations of the Games despite the fact that CPWD engineers
and concerned officials are working round the clock to
complete the work.
"There are no serious flaws in the design of any of the
stadiums. No faults in any of the roofs. The fact remains
these stadiums have no faults and leakages anywhere. Don't
underplay the magnitude of the big occasion. This is a
legacy, live it," Gill said inaugurating the Weightlifting
auditorium inside the Jawahar Lal Nehru Complex for the
October 3-14 Games here.
"All responsible officers of the Public Works Department
would be present at the venues all the time till the start of
the Games. For next two months they will recheck deficiencies.
They will revisit the infrastructure. So there is no question
of unpreparedness," Gill said.
But these tall claims seemed hollow due to the scene both
outside and inside the newly-built auditorium. Water logging
and seepage at the venue once again exposed the
ill-preparedness of the capital to host the October 3-14
Games.
With a seating capacity of more than 2100, it is one of
the largest auditorium in India built at a cost of Rs 80 crore
but cracked false ceilings near VIP/Games Family Lounge and
Warm-up area showed the urgency to meet the handover deadline.
The exterior of the stadium was in equally shocking state
with a downpour clogging the entry and exit of the main gate
of the arena. PTI SHN
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