What does this sort of news say about India?

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Team members from South Africa arrive for the Commonwealth Games at the airport in New Delhi September 27, 2010.​

 

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A Delhi metro train catches the falling rays of the sun as it passes by the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.​

 

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Team members from Canada arrive for the Commonwealth Games at the airport in New Delhi September 28, 2010. India promised to have the athletes' housing for the Commonwealth Games cleaned up by Wednesday, and said workers were labouring at double time to have all facilities ready for the opening ceremony on October 3.​

 

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A Langur monkey sits in front of the Commonwealth Games headquarters in New Delhi September 27, 2010.

A Langur monkey is being pulled by its handler in front of the Commonwealth Games headquarters in New Delhi September 27, 2010. Langur monkeys are used in parts of New Delhi to scare away other monkeys who create a menace around the Commonwealth Games venues, a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official said on Monday.​

 

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Langur monkeys sit on the bicycles of their handlers in front of the Commonwealth Games headquarters in New Delhi September 27, 2010.​

 

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Chaitran Rahu, right, one of the migrant laborers whose home was hidden last week by the 10-foot (3-meter) tall banners sits with his family in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. While poverty remains one of India's most intractable and enduring problems, officials have tried to ensure it is not what games visitors remember. Many of this city's beggars have been arrested or forced from the streets, migrants have been rousted, and thousands of homes have been hidden from sight.​

 

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Members of the Scottish team cheer with Shera, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games mascot during the flag hoisting cermony at the Games' village in Delhi on September 27, 2010. The contingent of Scotland for the Games arrived on September 26 despite warnings that work would not be finished at the much-criticised village by later this week.

Members of the Scottish team pose for a family photo with Shera, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games mascot during the flag hoisting cermony at the Games' village in Delhi on September 27, 2010
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Members of the Norfolk Island team pose with performers and Games mascot Shera, center, after a flag hoisting and welcome ceremony at the Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.​

 

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Athletes from Scotland attend a cultural programme at the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 27, 2010.

Team members from Scotland cheer after attending a cultural programme at the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 27, 2010.​

 

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A security person stands on a guard tower at the entrance of the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Indian workers raced to finish preparations Monday for the Commonwealth Games as hundreds of athletes and team officials arrived in New Delhi. The city's chief minister said she was confident they would complete the job ahead of the event's opening Sunday.​

 

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Indian artistes pose for a picture with the mascot of Commonwealth Games at the athletes village in New Delhi September 27, 2010.​

 

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Indian workers tend to the decorative hedges representing Shera, the New Delhi Commonwealth Games mascot at a forest plantation center near the Games' village in New Delhi on September 27, 2010.​

 

[Rogue Trader]

No the biggest problem with India is not Corruption/human exploitation or wealthy land owner. Believe it or not the problem is Democracy, even the Indians will tell you the same thing. Unlike most democracy, India takes the idea to the extreme. Basically when something needs to get done and the Government wants to implement it, the opposition will come up to block it. Or someone who isn't happy will come out and protest.

why disagree with me when everything you wrote reinforces my point?

looks like you are another sinkie who don't understand democracy or any other abstract concept of ideology.

 

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Security guard the entrance to the Main Press Centre ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 27, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

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Workers prepare games sites ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 27, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

[saratogas]

The army of cleaners are cheap labors or volunteers?

 

[longbow]

That is NOT the way to buld a walk path. There is no QC at all. That cement has little abaility to bear any weight.

Workers prepare games sites ahead of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games on September 27, 2010 in Delhi, India.​

 

[Char_Azn]

why disagree with me when everything you wrote reinforces my point?

looks like you are another sinkie who don't understand democracy or any other abstract concept of ideology.

Dude stop your petty insults and please refer to your own post

Besides corruption and human exploitation, one big hindrance to India's development is the land rights issue. Infrastructure building can never take place smoothly because the powerful land owners or the hordes of illegal squatters will never want the anyone to touch their property.

This problem was solved in China with Communism. Now state owns all land. Lease term is 40 years. Not happy don't move. The bulldozers will still come in tomorrow at 7am.

Unless the whole India comes under dictatorial rule for a generation, this land right issue will continue to exist for them.

Your point was mainly due to the land being horded by Greedy land owners. My point was the opposition party was the ones who stop progress coz of the kind of democratic system in India. Please do not define Democracy under 1 unified term. It is completely different from country to country. The democratic system in US is different from the one in India and the one in UK.

The current problem with India has nothing to do with land. Its to do with the political system that they have and the layer upon layer of Bureaucracy. In a healthy democratic system, the opposition questions the ruling party policies and pounce on them when they make a mistake. In India, the opposition does all they can to stop the ruling party from succeeding. In India the Democracy is hampering progress becoz the government is unable to move forward due to them being afraid of implementing unpopular policies.

Your idea of a dictatorship in India working becoz the dictator can acquire land as and when he likes however like I mentioned, land acquisition isn't the problem in the first place. It never was. If they need to build something new and cant get the land, they just do it somewhere else. Land issues were never important tot them. The opposition parties in India is the real problem.

Besides that the next biggest problem with India is Bureaucracy. Unlike in most countries where the central government coordinates and work in an integrated manner. In India, the various departments work according to their own schedule. So U will run into cases where e.g. U should build roads first then a transport system then offices/residential buildings. There are many cases in India where they have the buildings up and running only to realize that the highways and transport system are not in place yet. Seriously U need to work have worked in India and talk to a lot of them and U will see what I mean

There is also a lot of infighting and bickering among the local state governments, the central government and various ministries. e.g. of how screw up they can be

Actually U need to give them some credit. They actually managed to build something after 8 yrs

Here's an incident from my own experience in India

My company have an office in the city of Nagpur and a Plant in Butiburi which is 1/2hr journey from Nagpur

Between Nagpur and Butiburi, there is a train crossing where a train crosses the road every 15min. You can imagine the traffic jams along that road.

On the way back to Nagpur one day I commented on the flyover that they were building over the train tracks. The Viaduct near Lau Pa Sat took us a few months to complete, the Indian flyover wasn't much larger or longer then that so I said looks close to completion and that it shouldn't take more then a few more months to complete. Should be ready the next time I visit

My driver replied that they took 6 years to get to that stage. Like that idiot I was, I asked why it took so freaking long to make something that simple. His reply:
This is India

Yeah, I felt like a total moron at that point. He went on further to explain that apparently, coz it took so freaking long to complete the flyover, the local state government refused to paid the contractor and the contractor refuse to continue to work coz they were not paid. On top of that, the Rail ministry suddenly came out and complain that they have no rights to build a flyover over their tracks.

Incredible India!!!!!

 

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A migrant woman washes clothes behind a Commonwealth Games banner in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. While poverty remains one of India's most intractable and enduring problems, officials have tried to ensure it is not what games visitors remember. Many of this city's beggars have been arrested or forced from the streets, migrants have been rousted, and thousands of homes have been hidden from sight.​

 

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In this Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010 photo provided by animal rescue organization Wildlife SOS, Indian security personnel look on as a wildlife activist displays a 4-foot (1-meter) long cobra, that was reportedly found at the Commonwealth Games tennis stadium in New Delhi, India. Indian workers raced to finish preparations Monday for the Commonwealth Games as hundreds of athletes and team officials arrived in New Delhi.​