Dear D'da I took a tour of the facilities and the city yesterday by road to reaasure myself.. 1. The village looks awesome from outside. Things inside are now less worrisome. Food is fantastic, cleanliness is upto the mark, view near the Akshardham temple backdrop is very nice; 2. Yamuna is full is fresh flood water, dirty filthy stinky pollutants gone; 3. Stadias are games ready; 4. Delhi eye opened today at Kalindi Kunj, Metro lines linking Connaught Place to NOIDA, Badarpur (Faridabad), Gurgaon is ready; 5, New Airport T3 with 74 aerobridges is great; 6. Airport Metro line will open in a day or two; 7. Nearly 25000 volunteers are ready; 8. 1000 AC low floor red lone buses are ready at the world's largest bus depot at Yamuna bank; 9. Security is at full gear; 10. Rehearsal for Opening ceremony has started 1month back, we also bought 4 tickets for our family @Rs 5000 each to witness the event; 11. 2000 Blueline ordinary buses are packed off the roads from today; 12. This will be a world class game no doubt..you can say JIT (Just In Time Game);
Indian economy started performing when gold was taken out of the country in planeload in 1991. I think this CWG shame will act as a catalyst to clean up our public space of corruption. Yes some heads will roll after the games. I think MS Gill, Jaipal Reddy, Suresh Kalmadi will go soon after. * * *India is very angry. Bharat couldn't care less!* * * *BTW, *Commonwealth Games Chief Mike Fennel himself is embroiled in many controversial contracts related to the CWG preparations. Kalmadi was smart to rope all in the loot. Rs. 70000 crore spent on the games included the airport, metro, water treatment plants, stadias, roads, streetscaping, FOBS, AC Buses * * *Jay ho!* Cheers! On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Dilip Deka wrote: > > > I see two scenarios coming out of the CWG fiasco. > > 1. India pulls it off at the last minute. CWG goes on and has a happy > ending > > despite some minor mishaps. India claims a big success and brags about > it, "See, > > we told you. It could be done. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE INDIA". > > > **** First off: Define success. What will constitute a success, let alone a > BIG one? > > > > 2. The CWG is a flop with major disasters and it starts major reform in > India in > > terms of corruption. This happens because the middle class Indians get > insulted > > and upset. It always takes a big event to make big changes. > > **** Similarly, WHAT would determine if it was a flop? > > > Only then one can delve into your question. Speaking of which, why do you > assume that > in case of a FLOP, Indians would consider it an insult and demand reforms > to eradicate corruption. > Is it CORRUPTION that is at the root of a possible flop? Why could it not > be corrupt yet successful? > > I see a problem with the assumption that corruption is the cause for a > possible flop. Does > competence not have a place in the equation? Nobody has accused China of > being free of corruption, but they > proved how COMPETENT they are. In other words competence and corruption > are NOT mutually exclusive. > Few would complain IF competence could be demonstrated, would they? > > > > > > > > > > > What do you see? Alternate scenarios? > > Dilip Deka > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > assam@assamnet.org > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
