I heard Mr Jaipal Reddy, Minister announcing that the theme song will be released in 10 days.
And I sincerely hope that atleast "THIS DEADLINE" will be met by the CWG organising committee. So far they have only talked... talked..... talked and the entire Games planning is in a mess. I hope atleast ARR's theme song is released on time ! :-) Jai HO! Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "A.R.Rajib" <a.r.ra...@...> wrote: > > GoM finalises Rahman's CWG theme songNew Delhi, Aug 15, (IANS): > *The Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Commonwealth Games has finalised Oscar > winner A.R. Rahman's theme song for the mega event and it will be made > public in 10 days, the panel's head said on Sunday.* * > * *"GoM has finalized the theme song. A.R. Rahman will give final touches > and it will be presented before the people in 10 days," union Urban > Development Minister Jaipal Reddy told reporters after the two-hour long GoM > meeting in Nirman Bhawan. > > "The theme song will be the last song of the opening ceremony," Reddy told > IANS, answering a specific question. > > An official of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee said the song > would be previewed at 9.45 a.m. Monday. > > "The GoM has finalised the theme song. A preview will be held at 9.45 a.m. > tomorrow (Monday) at the banquet hall of the Ashoka Hotel," the official > said.* > > Reddy chaired the meeting of the GoM after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh > intervened to take stock of the much-criticised preparations for the > Commonwealth Games. > > *"The Group of Ministers heard a presentation on the theme song by A.R. > Rahman. We discussed the theme song with Shyam Benegal and Bharat Bala, as > well as Rahman, and we approved it in principle," Reddy said. > > "The theme song generates excitement and gives the right message. The theme > song will be released the for the people of India in 10 day's time," he > added. > > Organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said: "I like the song." To a > question if there were any concerns about the Games preparations, Reddy > said: "No concerns at all." > * > "The old deadlines remain, but we must make up for the delay. We did take > stock of various matters in the meeting, but we will not go into detail. > Yesterday (Saturday), PM gave guidelines and we are absolutely confident > about hosting the Games," Reddy pointed out. > > He added that all matters related to the Games were discussed in the > meeting. "We are still sticking to all the deadlines. Preparations for the > games will be on track," he said. > > The meeting was also attended by Sports Minister M.S. Gill, Delhi Chief > Minister Sheila Dikshit, Organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and > senior officials of the Central Public Works Department, the Delhi > Development Authority and the Public Works Department. > > The prime minister's intervention came after unending controversies relating > to mega sporting event, beginning in 50 days, caused the Congress leadership > to look for more sharp monitoring by the government. > > The Congress core group discussed the issue Friday at the prime minister's > official residence and decided that the government should step in a way to > ensure no loose ends remain. > > Observing that there had been slippages in the time schedules of some of the > construction works and deficiencies had also been observed, the prime > minister directed the concerned ministries to conduct thorough > investigations into all the complaints that have been received of procedural > and other irregularities. > > The GoM has been empowered to take all decisions necessary for the smooth > conduct of the Games and the cabinet will be briefed on the state of > preparations on a weekly basis. > > Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar has been directed to liaise closely > with the GoM to ensure effective coordination among all the authorities > concerned. > > > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/88960/gom-finalises-rahmans-cwg-theme.html > -- > *- Regards > > ~ ~ A.R.Rajib ~ ~* >
