For Games, Delhi clears Rs.4 bn beautification projects

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A three-day fair here to mark Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary Friday will also include an exhibition on the projects for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held here, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said Tuesday. Sain said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) would organise the Gandhi Jayanti Mela at Pragati Maidan starting Oct 2.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government has estimated Rs 98650 million for the up coming Commonwealth Games, at Delhi. Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Pratik Patil stated in a written reply to Congress MP Ramchandra Khuntia in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Even as residents of the national capital are having to sweat it out due to constant electricity cuts as peak demand has touched a record 4,400 MW, the government Monday said this will further go up 28 percent to 5,636 MW during the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. While little respite is in sight in the short term, with just 4,430 MW available during peak hours, the power ministry, nevertheless, hopes the demand during the Games will be met from five new projects that have been identified.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday condoled the death of the five people killed when an underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi and said the Metro construction was being done in haste to meet the deadline of 2010 Commonwealth Games. Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, however, has denied the allegation.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The power shortage in the capital will stay for at least another seven months and the situation will only improve after power projects planned for the 2010 Commonwealth Games start, union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Thursday. The power demand in Delhi has increased to 4,400 MW against the usual 3,500 MW per day.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has assured release of Rs.500 crore (Rs.5 billion) for timely completion of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) projects, Mayor Kanwar Sain said Thursday. The mayor met Dikshit Thursday to discuss the MCD's annual outlay for 2009-10.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The cabinet Thursday approved the transfer of 2,029 square metres of defence land to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of its line to suburban Gurgaon. The transfer of defence land in Arjangarh near the Qutab Minar to the DMRC for the construction of Metro rail to Gurgaon has been approved," Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Government on Monday revealed through its budget that it would primarily focus its attention on transport sector, urban development and water and sanitation in the year ahead. The highest share in the budget 2009-10 has been earmarked for transport sector which was given Rs 3,069 crore (about 31 per cent) followed by Urban Development with Rs 1,524 crore (15 per cent) and Water and Sanitation with Rs 1,366 crore (14 per cent).

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi has said that the executive board of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) expressed satisfaction with the games infrastructure coming up in the city. "As you are all aware the CGF was here for the whole of last week.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday said the 2010 Commonwealth Games' venues, village and their surroundings would be developed in such a way to make them attractive and aesthetic. 'It would be done with an aim to bring the city at the level of international metropolitan cities and prepare Delhi for the Commonwealth Games with the help of such development that holds legacy value even after the games,' Dikshit said in a statement.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) security delegation arrived here on Monday to inspect all the facilities and the stadiums before the games to be held in 2010. A meeting took place at the Delhi Secretariat where Delhi gave its presentation to the delegation members.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sport Minister M.S Gill Monday said security concerns raised by Commonwealth Games officials were 'hypothetical' and that there need not be any apprehensions over the safety and security during the 2010 New Delhi Games. Gill was reacting to reports in Australian media quoting Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite as saying that a security assessment one month before the Games would be crucial in deciding the fate of the event.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Olympian P.T. Usha Tuesday said the arrangements for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games must be completed on war-footing while a parliamentary panel report said the arrangements for hosting the mega event were inadequate.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a startling disclosure, a Parliamentary Standing Committee Tuesday said that Delhi is running far behind the schedule in preparing for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The committee, headed by CPI-M Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury, said accommodation of a large number of guests during the Games would be a major problem as there are not enough hotels.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday called upon officials of the state government to accelerate the pace of development and adopt result-oriented measures as the city gets ready to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2010. 'The people of Delhi have given a historic mandate to my government by electing it for the third time in succession.