COMMONWEALTH GAMES - 2010: 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010

CWG 2010 - NATION'S PRIDE OR SYMBOL OF CORRUPTION???

After the dramatic expose of the 6 year long era of extreme corruption,looting of taxpayers money by the KALMADI & co. by TIMES NOW, the biggest question hurling in billions of indians and people all around the world is - " Will the CWG 2010 be a success?"

But there are certainly many more bigger issues to be looked forward to and address...
For starters, we need to peep into the amount of funds allocated for the games considering that the CWG are not of the stature as much as they are being hyped. And even after the expose, the government seems to be impotent in terms of action to be taken with the opposition viewing this as an opportunity to criticise the government. What more, the CWG budget already escalated by approx. 17 times, some 100 crores or so are allocated to complete the remaining preparations.
Shifting focus towards Mr. Kalmadi, who claims to deliver a successful CWG big time, is under the scanner of the whole of India. But even if the games are a success, he stands culpable for all the mess, the crimes,the forgeries, fraudes. He stands guilty for all the wrongdoings by his aides viz. TS Darbari and Sanjay Mohindroo and many more working under him.
The list of questions is long, we'll keep delving deeper and deeper, but for now... To be continued...

Friday, March 5, 2010

CWG - 2010 "CALENDAR"

●	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	●	Closing ceremony

October	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Venue
Ceremonies	●											●	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Aquatics		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		SPM Swimming Pool Complex
Archery													I. G. Indoor Stadium Complex & India Gate / Red Fort
Athletics				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Badminton		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Siri Fort Sports Complex
Boxing		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	R	●			Talkatora Indoor Stadium
Cycling		●	●	●	●		●				●		I. G. Indoor Stadium Complex
Gymnastics		●	●	●	R	●	●		●	●	●		I. G. Indoor Stadium Complex
Field hockey		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium
Lawn Bowls		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Netball		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Rugby sevens			●	●									Delhi University
Shooting		T	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range
Squash		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Siri Fort Sports Complex
Table Tennis		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		Yamuna Sports Complex
Tennis													R K Tennis Complex
Weightlifting			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Wrestling			●	●	●	●							I. G. Indoor Stadium Complex
October	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Venue

CWG - 2010

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the nineteenth edition of the Commonwealth Games, and the ninth to be held under that name. The Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. The games will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. It will also be the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

In addition to the Commonwealth Games, the city of Pune, Maharashtra hosted the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games between October 12 and 18, 2008. The Youth Games offered nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Organising committee

The office of the Organising Committee is in Connaught Place. It is a nine-storey building, built by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in front of Jantar Mantar, where all information regarding the Games can be obtained.

Delhi proposed a four-lane, 2.2 km underground stretch from Lodhi Road to trans-Yamuna, linking the Games Village to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and reducing traveling time for athletes traveling between the Village and the Stadium by six minutes.

Additionally, The Delhi Metro will be expanded to accommodate more people and boost the use of public transport during the 2010 games. By then it will have the second longest network in the world and later the longest, which will be more than 420 km.

To further support air travel, the Indira Gandhi International Airport is being modernized, expanded, and upgraded. By the 2010 games, a new terminal (Terminal 3) will have been constructed at a cost of nearly US$ 1.94 billion, with the capability to cater to more than 37 million passengers a year by 2010 and the planned expansion program will increase its capacity to handle 100 million passengers by 2030. Terminal 3 will be a two tier building, with the bottom floor being the arrivals area, and the top being a departures area. This terminal will have over 130 check-in counters, 55 aerobridges, 30 parking bays, 72 immigration counters, 15 X-ray screening areas, duty free shops, and much more. The airport will also have a new runway to cater more than 75 plus flights an hour; the runway will be more than 4400 meters long and one of Asia's longest.

QUEEN'S BATON

The technology features of The Queen’s Baton for Delhi 2010 include:

The ability to capture images and sound as it travels throughout all nations of the Commonwealth;
The latest global positioning system (GPS) technology through which the exact location of the baton can be tracked on the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi website;
Embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) which will change into the colours of a country’s flag whilst in that country; and
Text messaging capability so that anyone anywhere can send their messages of congratulations and encouragement to the Baton bearers throughout the Queen`s Baton Relay 2010 Delhi.

The baton was designed by Michael Foley, A graduate of the National Institute of Design.

There are currently 71 nations planning to field teams at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In alphabetical order, these nations are: