The Commonwealth Games Federation president, Michael Fennell, expects everything to be in place for next year's event in Delhi but says preparations will be monitored on a monthly basis.
Commonwealth games - Costing too much for Delhi?
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may talk of approaching the Centre for additional funds for Commonwealth Games 2010 related projects, but the state government is also questioning the exorbitant cost of some of these.
Following queries by the Delhi finance department, Dikshit gave her nod to an experts’ panel that would not just assess cost of projects, but also curb wasteful expenditure on them.
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Following queries by the Delhi finance department, Dikshit gave her nod to an experts’ panel that would not just assess cost of projects, but also curb wasteful expenditure on them.
All work and little pay - Fate of games workers
(IANS) It’s going to be one of the biggest sporting events to be held in India and preparations for the Commonwealth Games next year are going full swing. But for the thousands of construction workers at the Games sites, it is a story of woes – inadequate wages and no basic amenities like toilets and water.
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