o A multi-sport event.
o Third largest game after Olympic Game and Asian Game.
o Initially known as British Empire Game.
oThe first event was held in 1930.
Common Wealth Game is:-
OVERVIEW OF CWG IN INDIA
oIndia hosted the Common Wealth Games tournament in 2010 for the first time.
oGame was hosted in Capital city, New Delhi.
o71 countries participated.
oIt was 12 days sports event.
o12 billion Rupees were spent in Infrastructure Development.
o20 cities were developed for Tourists destination.
o A special village was made for Common Wealth Game named as ‘Game Village’.
oThe official song of ‘Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto’ was composed by Indian Musician A.R. Rahman.
oThe official mascot was ‘Shera’.
FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR VENUESoAmount spend on Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was 961 crore.
oOn Ferozshah kotla Stadium 85 crore.
oOn Indira Gandhi Stadium was 669 crore
oOn Dhyan chand hockey Stadium was 262 crore
BUS SERVICES
•Rs.18000 crore were spent on bus service.
•Delhi Government spent 60 lakhs on purchase of bus but the original cost was just 40 lakhs .The name is ho-ho service.
METRO SERVICES
•In extension of Delhi metro line, Government spend around Rs. 3000 crore.
•Government spend Rs.10 lakhs at each pillar but the actual cost was Rs. 7 lakhs per pillar.
•In opening ceremony of CWG there was special attraction for all guests and it was..Aerostat or Balloon show.
•Its cost was around Rs.70 crore but the actual cost was Rs.40 crore as contracted in UK based company.
Suresh Kalmadi
(Congress PartyRepresentative) and
Chairman of Organizing Committee of Delhi
Commonwealth Game.
The daily mail sleuths have discovered a fresh moral depravation of the CWG organizing committee.
General public was unable to buy tickets with all the outlets reporting that all the venus have been sold out ,but one witnesses nearly half the venues were empty for every event..
Thousands of pounds were heisted by frauders organizing the game.
Leaky roofs, collapsing walkways, clogged washrooms, snakes and spiders in athelete quarters.
Lack of food for broadcast journalists.
COLLAPSE OF‘FOOT OVER BRIDGE’
With just 12 days to go for the games, a new foot-over bridge near the main venue of the Games, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium collapsed, injuring 23 labourers ,5 of them critically, due to poor quality material had been used in its formation..
OUR VIEW
An apt Management Committee should be introduced and should be checked frequently in absence of their knowledge.