Sunday, August 10, 2008

Commonwealth 2010 preparations moving on Snail’s Pace

Commonwealth 2010 preparations moving on Snail’s Pace

Infrastructure development for Commonwealth Games 2010 is way behind schedule despite the fact that official permission for most projects was taken on October 31, 2005. According to sources, the reason for the snail’s pace on all projects is the delay in getting official clearance.

The civic agency, MCD, has received a whopping amount of 75.5 crores from Delhi government for its projects. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is supposed to construct 16 railway/ road over bridges and under bridges all across the city. However, work on 9 of them is yet to start as official clearance from the Railway Board is yet to come, according to works committee chairman Mahender Nagpal. They appear unlikely to be ready by 2010. The civic agency also needs to complete the 16 multi-level car parking sites before 2010, which have been in the pipeline since way back in 2004.

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