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Fennell emphasised the need to spruce up the venues at
the earliest, specifically the Games Village which would be
thrown open to international athletes by mid-September.
"The image of the Games to the general public would be
decided by the look of these venues. When all this is done and
the finishing touches are given at all the venues, we will
have world class venues here. We will have a rich legacy of
venues once the Games are over," he said.
"I also went to the Games Village, we regard this as the
heart of the Games and we have to ensure that the welfare of
the athletes is taken care of there. We feel some of the
buildings could have been finished much better but they are
still very good," Fennell added.
The CGF boss said hygiene at the Village is a major
concern.
"We have seen the dining room, kitchen, shops and other
facilities for the Games. The work needs to be accelerated. It
is a large amount of work to be done. We will have to make
sure that the food served is of the highest standard because
the athletes would have to be given the best standard of
hygiene," he explained.
"There is a need to address the roads, the landscape and
the cleaning of the village. These need to be addressed with
urgency, we don't have much time left. Buildings alone don't
make the village, it's the management and the food which will
ensure that the village is what we want it to be," he added.
"We have to ensure hygiene. We would pay special
attention to water and have been assured that all this would
be taken care of."
Also in the list of Fennell's concerns is the scoring
equipment which has still not been installed at the Games
venues.
"We looked particularly at technology for timing and
scoring system which is not yet ready. We want it to be
monitored carefully because the equipment is coming from
outside, some of it from the Singapore Youth Olympics," he
said.
Having had a tough time negotiating the Delhi traffic
himself, Fennell hoped that the promised designated lanes for
the athletes would be put in use efficiently.
"We were concerned about transport but we have been
reassured by the buses that are available for athletes,
technical officials and other officials.
"We continue to be concerned about traffic because the
traffic in Delhi is congested. We have been told there would
be specific lanes. Hopefully with the cooperation of everybody
it will be a win-win situation," he said. MORE PTI ATK
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