India's lawmakers say no rooms for Commonwealth Games
Thursday, 26 February 2009
NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (AFP) : Only half the 30,000 extra hotel rooms needed for next year's New Delhi Commonwealth Games will be ready in time, a parliamentary panel report has claimed in the latest gloomy assessment.
The report, unveiled late Tuesday, criticised delays in building infrastructure and the lack of co-ordination between the various government agencies charged with the October 3-14, 2010 Games.
"The 2010 games are drawing near and so many projects are yet to be initiated, let alone being completed," said the report by the panel on transport and tourism headed by federal lawmaker Sitaram Yechury. "There are a large number of civic and other agencies, but there is an absence of a co-ordinated mechanism."
Of the 39 hotel sites auctioned by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) ahead of the Games, only 19 had begun construction work, report said.
The report, unveiled late Tuesday, criticised delays in building infrastructure and the lack of co-ordination between the various government agencies charged with the October 3-14, 2010 Games.
"The 2010 games are drawing near and so many projects are yet to be initiated, let alone being completed," said the report by the panel on transport and tourism headed by federal lawmaker Sitaram Yechury. "There are a large number of civic and other agencies, but there is an absence of a co-ordinated mechanism."
Of the 39 hotel sites auctioned by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) ahead of the Games, only 19 had begun construction work, report said.