Development for Commonwealth Games in Delhi is Lagging behind!

Finding serious lapses on the part of the Delhi government in the preparedness for the Commonwealth Games, a parliamentary committee today said no proposals from the city government for development of infrastructure and capacity building were submitted to the Centre till November 2008.
Delhi government had not made any proposals for development of infrastructure and capacity building, including creation and renovation of hospitality facilities, modernisation of tourism sites to the Tourism Ministry till November 2008, Sitaram Yechury, chairman of the standing committee on transport, tourism and culture told reporters here after submitting the report on "development of tourism infrastructure and amenities for the commonwealth Games 2010".

The committee in its report has noted with concern that though adequate funds were available with the Tourism Ministry under infrastructure upgradation of tourism destination schemes, no such proposals were submitted by Delhi government.

"Since the 2010 Games are drawing near, so many projects have yet to be initiated, let alone completed. In such a situation, absence of any proposal from the NCT of Delhi surprised the committee," the panel noted. PTI