Airport Metro line missed the deadline. Its an Anil Ambani venture.They're fined Rs. 11.29 Cr for the delay.
It won't affect the CWG. On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Manoj Das <dasm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nation ga-ga over games! From shame to fame. > > Just a few days back CWG was written off, OC discredited, India shamed. > Today all TV channels, Newspapers are singing the glory of one of the sports > greatst turnarounds. Yesterday I took my boss (CMD, NEDFi) to Rajghat to pay > homage to Gandhiji on his birth anniversary, followed by a tour by roads of > CWG venues. Delhi looks green, modern, shining. I felt so proud. It looks no > less than Shanghai or Beijing minus the skyscrapers. Already people are > talking about bidding for the Olympics. > > Roads ready. 7000 atheletes arrived. Games village is now a 5 star retreat, > maintained by 5 star hotels of Delhi. The collapsed foot bridge > reconstrudted by Indian Army Engineers in 6 days flat. 200,000 security > personnel keeping eye on for spoilsport. > > Last night whole of Delhi was lit up, stadia, monuments, squares....New > Metro line opened today. For those familiar with Delhi, line connects > Central Secretariat via Khan Market, CGO, Jangpura, Lajpat Nagar, Mulchand, > Nehru Place, Govindpuri, Kalkaji, Okhla, Jasola, Sarita Vihar. A new link > road connecting UP via Ghaziabad from Kashmiri Gate opened today (Rs 4000 cr > investment). CWG volunteers can be seen all around. I spoke to one volunteer > about the 12000 nos of missing volunteers, he said most of them reappeared > after the report in the media. > > For this evening's opening Prince of Wales has arrived. 4000 years of > India's history and cultural heritage will eb on display in the 3 hr long > extravaganza. I'll be there to witness! > > -mkd > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > India also said we'll provide food and accommodation just like you do >> when we visit your home. So success of the party is measured in terms of how >> >satisfied the guests are.If the guests rave about it, it is a success. If >> India can make it happen with a modest amount of money, it is a bigger >> success. >> >> >> *** While it sounds like a reasonable proposition, let me as you this: >> Would you, as a guest, badmouth the hosts if things didn't turn out too >> well? >> >> Assuming your answer would be like mine, I would submit, the proposition >> would not work too well as a yardstick for the success or lack thereof. >> Failure actually would be something catastrophic, unlikely to happen. >> >> *** Therefore the only meaningful way to measure 'success' would be to >> weigh it against the goals the organizers set for themselves, what they >> proposed or promised or implied. >> >> >> >> > ^^^^ Yes it can be corrupt yet successful. However in this case >> corruption led to incompetent contractors and delays in construction >> resulting in the possibilty of a flop.Next few weeks will tell. >> >> >> *** Pointing to corruption as the ONLY reason for the failures is really >> an inability to accept the truths about India's ineptitudes and >> incompetencies. I realize it is hard for the 'knowledge brigades' accept >> such realities, particularly when they have a need to defend this national >> identity/pride thang. It is so easy to point to corruption, something that >> is presumably a problem caused and perpetuated by those who are outside the >> realm of the educated, the competent and so forth. But the truth however is >> far from it. >> >> If I had to point to the real cause of the failures thus far, I would >> point to: Planning and management incompetence, dearth of technical and >> vocational skills, >> and a serious attitudinal problem rooted in culture. Misgovernment that >> creates and sustains corruption merely enhances the negative forces. >> >> >> >> >I was just speculating ahead of time. What's your speculation? >> >> *** I don't feel the need to predict or speculate :-). Time will tell. >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Dilip Deka wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > --- On Sun, 9/26/10, 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? >> > ^^^^ India is the host and they invited their friends from the CW to >> come and play. India also said we'll provide food and accommodation just >> like you do when we visit your home. So success of the party is measured in >> terms of how satisfied the guests are.If the guests rave about it, it is a >> success. If India can make it happen with a modest amount of money, it is a >> bigger success. >> > >> >> 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? >> > >> > ^^^^ It's a flop if the guests return home unhappy. In the analogy of a >> party if that happens even after spending a huge sum of money, it is a >> bigger 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? >> > >> > ^^^^ Yes it can be corrupt yet successful. However in this case >> corruption led to incompetent contractors and delays in construction >> resulting in the possibilty of a flop.Next few weeks will tell. >> > >> > 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? >> > >> > ^^^^ See response above. If competence was demonstrated despite >> corruption, only a few would have been mad. Now everyone is mad.Let's wait >> and see how the corrupt organizers (mind you some brits may be involved too) >> pull it off. I was just speculating ahead of time. What's your speculation? >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> What do you see? 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