Dear readers, please allow me to share certain actual facts and figures related to te CWG 2010.
1) Bidding: The two principal bids for the 2010 Commonwealth Games were from Delhi, India and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A ballot of members was held in November 2003 at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Delhi bid won by a margin of 46 votes to 22, confirming India's first successful bid for the Games. The bid was Canada's attempt to hold the games for the fifth time.
India shifted the balance in its favour in the second round of voting with a promise that it would provide US $100,000 to each participating country, along with air tickets, boarding, lodging and transport.
I totally fail to understand why on earth would a country which is till date; unable to eradicate poverty, illitracy, unemployment and inflation in its country step in to bid for such an extravagant affair at the cost of its taxpayer's hard-earned money.
2) The official total budget estimated for hosting the Games was US $2.5 billion or 11,494 crores. And what has been spent: Rs 28054 crores (as on Aug 10' 10); as stated by Jaipal Reddy.
And what quality has been provided, the whole world knows it now. The slogan for the Games was decided as "Come out and play". Now, when the stadiums do collapse, the athletes will have no option left but to come out on the streets to play. Great national shame!!
enough is enough. politicians who are responsible for his chaos and who have been tremendously benefitted by these games need to be prosecuted. Hope this is the least we can expect from the Congress Govt. we the citizens are taken so much for granted that if we dont make our demands clear these politicians will definately sell us 1 day. Give us a/c for each penny spent in name of the games for its the tax payers hard earned money that has been wasted in such bad form and Indians outside India have to be a laughing stock for the mistakes of the politiicans.
