What does this sort of news say about India?

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A worker at the Commonwealth Games athletes village holds her child as she walks outside the village in New Delhi September 22, 2010. Several big name athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games citing security and health worries, adding to woes of an event meant to showcase India's ability to stand up with the likes of China on the world stage.​

 

[longbow]

India has great potential but they must first wake up and know their problems. Pointless to sweep it under the rug and keep chanting democracy without knowing what it really is.

At the end of the day you are judged by the living standards of your people, the infrastructure of the country, the ability to have an efficient gov.....

What I know is that China is trying damn hard and they are gunning for USA. I can see lots of improvements. The olympic venues were built in a modern city with good infrastructure (pretty much 1st infra), good power and water.

The pictures I see of India are some nice structures sitting in the middle of slums with lousy small roads, unkept landscaping and wild dogs running all over the place. Reminds me of Malaysia 30 years ago.

That lady with child and security pass worries me. Lets see, US$5 and she will sell me the pass which means breach of security.

It is like alcoholics - first they must recognize that they have a problem.


Here just take a look at the Beijing Olympic living quarters:


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-village-pg,0,6548258.photogallery

 

[singveld]

meh....

the quality of furniture of beijing olypmic is similar to indian one. just that the chinese one is clean and completed.

let look at canada winter olympic

much better

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

India has great potential but they must first wake up and know their problems. Pointless to sweep it under the rug and keep chanting democracy without knowing what it really is.

At the end of the day you are judged by the living standards of your people, the infrastructure of the country, the ability to have an efficient gov.....

What I know is that China is trying damn hard and they are gunning for USA. I can see lots of improvements. The olympic venues were built in a modern city with good infrastructure (pretty much 1st infra), good power and water.

The pictures I see of India are some nice structures sitting in the middle of slums with lousy small roads, unkept landscaping and wild dogs running all over the place. Reminds me of Malaysia 30 years ago.

That lady with child and security pass worries me. Lets see, US$5 and she will sell me the pass which means breach of security.

It is like alcoholics - first they must recognize that they have a problem.


Here just take a look at the Beijing Olympic living quarters:


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-village-pg,0,6548258.photogallery

needless to say china's standards are much much higher.


Some chinese cities already beat singapore.

 

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A laborer carries drinking water in a bucket near the Commonwealth Games Village, seen background, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. With less than two weeks before the games begin, frantic last-minute preparations are verging on chaos, international sports officials are furious, and the games have become an international embarrassment that could threaten plans for major sporting events in other developing nations.​

 

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A civic worker sprays pesticide to eliminate mosquito larvae to check the spread of malaria and dengue fever near the Commonwealth Games Village, seen in background, as a bus meant for games athletes drives past in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

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New Zealand adds to India's Commonwealth Games woes
For many athletes, security is as big a concern as facilities.
Pressure is growing on India to deal with urgent concerns over security and poor facilities ahead of its hosting of the Commonwealth Games next month.

New Zealand is the latest country, after Canada and Scotland, to delay the arrival of its athletes in Delhi for the event which begins on 3 October.

Canadian officials said India had been "indifferent bordering on intransigent" in tackling the issues.

Games chief Michael Fennell is due in Delhi for emergency talks.

India insists the Games will be one of the most successful.

Several participating countries have delegates in the capital urgently checking the facilities and the arrangements for security.

The athletes' village - which is due to house 7,000 athletes - is still unfinished, with complaints of flooding, toilets that leak or do not flush, and stray dogs sleeping on some beds.

Part of a ceiling at the weightlifting venue has collapsed, and a pedestrian bridge at the main stadium also collapsed, injuring 27 construction workers.

Security fears increased after the shooting of two tourists near one of the city's top tourist attractions over the weekend.

'Disappointing'

On Thursday, the president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Mike Stanley, said the arrival of its athletes should be delayed until at least 28 September, just days before the 3 October start, because of problems with accommodation and other issues.

Mr Stanley said: "It's tremendously disappointing. The long list of outstanding issues has made it clear the village will now not be ready for New Zealand athletes to move in as planned."

The chief executive of Swimming New Zealand, Mike Byrne, told the BBC that two New Zealand officials were in Delhi and would report later on Thursday about the situation.

Although Australia's Games chief said the issue of abandoning the event had not been discussed, Sports Minister Mark Arbib said that the current policy of leaving the decision on whether to attend to the athletes "could change".

The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says Australia's concerns are more with security than the facilities, and that there remains a strong commitment to attend.

However, Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) president Andrew Pipe said he was "cautiously optimistic" progress was being made.

But he added: "It's incomprehensible that Indian officials have been so indifferent in preparing these facilities, bordering on the intransigent, and that is unacceptable to us."

Monsoon problems

Sir Andrew Foster, chairman of Commonwealth Games England, said the Games were on a "knife-edge". "We remain very concerned about the situation and we will monitor it on an absolutely regular day-by-day basis."

The team remained "intent on going", he added, but "all options remain open".

Singapore's Games chief executive said he was in Delhi to monitor the situation and that the time was "critical".

The BBC's Mark Dummett in Delhi says 1,000 extra people have been sent into the athletes' village - which officially opens later on Thursday - to clear things up, but time is running out.

On Wednesday, Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna told the BBC that the Games would meet international standards.

Mr Krishna said a prolonged monsoon had hampered preparations, but offered reassurance that security would be provided for every athlete and venue.

Ticket sales have been disappointing and the cost of hosting the largest sporting event in the country's history has soared, making it the most expensive Games in history, with estimates ranging from $3bn to more than $10bn, as organisers attempt to complete work which only began in 2008.

 

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Security personnel stand guard near a bus for athletes outside the Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

[Leongsam]

I'm just being sarcastic.

You should have learned by now that 99% of all sinkies don't understand sarcasm and satire. Everything is taken literally.

It's the sad outcome of a steady decline in English over the years.

 

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Indian labourers and their children rest at the construction site of a hockey training stadium in New Delhi on September 23, 2010, ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.​

 

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An Indian labourer works at the construction site of a hockey training stadium in New Delhi on September 23, 2010, ahead of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. A top Indian builders' union said that the rush to finish Commonwealth Games construction projects in time meant safety and quality were being compromised, just days after a bridge collapsed.​

 

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Indian security personal is reflected in a mirror used to check beneath cars at the entrance to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

An Indian security officer checks a vehicle entering Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

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The child of a laborer looks on, as a woman laborer works in the backdrop of a banner for the Commonwealth Games on a street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

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An Indian Central Reserve Police Force member stands guard in front of the weightlifting arena of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi on September 23, 2010. The New Delhi Games, billed as a global showcase for India's rise as a major economic power, are a shambles 10 days before the start, with athletes' pulling out amid security fears and unfinished infrastructure.​

 

[silliporean]

Re: What does this sort of new say about India?

If you have good edu, just go work in the USA where there is no caste system and your kids will not have legacy of the lousy caste.

You FT fucking Indians are bring your fucking caste system into Singapore, you mudder farkers despise local Singapore Indians and you have not earn a single day of right to do that.

I have known of FT Indians filing a racism complaint against their fellow FT Indians because of caste system. My bosses are all lost because all they see is two F Indian farkers with theier nonsense.

Despite the so called good education these FT Indian fuckers have they still use the caste system and they bring it everywhere they go, I have never seen a Northern Indian getting along well with a southerner in SIngapore or in the USA...:oIo:

 

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23 September 2010
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a meeting Thursday of leading ministers involved in the organisation of the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games, his office told AFP.

Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and Sports Minister M.S. Gill have been called to the premier's residence at 5:00 pm (1130 GMT), a senior official in his office told AFP on condition of anonymity.

"The Commonwealth Games is the only point of discussion on the agenda," he added.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the event's international body, went public on Tuesday with complaints about the "seriously compromised" athletes' village and called for intervention from the government.

Since then, a number of senior officials, including the country's most senior bureaucrat and staff from the prime minister's office, have visited the village.

The Indian premier is also expected to meet CGF president Michael Fennell over the next few days.

Singh intervened personally on August 15 when he gave "overriding powers" to a panel of government secretaries to take over management of the Games, which were mired in delays and corruption allegations.

The move was seen as a direct slight to the chairman of the Games organising committee, Suresh Kalmadi, who faced many calls to resign amid the rising scandals.

Singh promised that the Games would be a "proud moment," adding that no stone would be left unturned "to make it a success."

"The successful organisation of the Commonwealth Games would be another signal to the world that India is rapidly marching ahead with confidence," the prime minister said in his annual Independence Day address in August.

-AFP/wk

 

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A worker walks past a waterlogged street after setting up a lavatory, background, near one of the venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

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An Indian laborer paints a curb as an incomplete banner for the Commonwealth Games is seen in the street in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.​

 

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Suresh Kalmadi had promised that India would host the "best ever" Commonwealth Games
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Commonwealth Games: Organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi Missing In Action
23 September 2010

NEW DELHI: The embattled supremo of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, has vanished from public view with the event plunged into crisis and teams threatening a mass pullout.

Kalmadi, the face of the troubled Games, has not been seen or heard of since revelations broke over the "filthy" state of the athletes' village and a footbridge collapsed near the main stadium.

Indian media reported that the 66-year-old member of parliament from the ruling Congress party had been asked to keep a low profile by the government.

Kalmadi, who chairs the Games organising committee, was not part of a high-powered delegation led by cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar, which visited the village Tuesday after delegations complained it was "unfit for human habitation".

It is unusual for the highly visible Kalmadi to stay out of the spotlight but as the October 3 opening ceremony nears and the crisis deepened, he remained sequestered in his office at the plush Games headquarters in central Delhi.

The man who promised the "best ever" Commonwealth Games and an athletes village "better" than the one at the Beijing Olympics initially had his wings clipped in mid-August.

At that time, with the Games organisation already facing mounting criticism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave overriding powers to a group of ministers to oversee the preparations.

The move followed a report by the Central Vigilance Commission on rampant corruption, although Kalmadi himself was not personally implicated.

Kalmadi told reporters earlier this month that he was willing to face any criticism or government inquiry as long as the Games went off well.

"I don't mind people blaming me," he said. "But once the Games are over, I hope the same people would give me the credit."

Few expect the former air force pilot, who fought in two wars against Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, to survive on the Indian sports scene after the Games.

Kalmadi, who headed the Athletics Federation of India from 1989 to 2006, has served as president of the Indian Olympic Association since 1996.

He has already been targeted by the sports ministry, which has ruled that the country's top officials cannot remain in their post for more than 12 years or beyond the age of 70.

"These guidelines are uncalled for," a defiant Kalmadi said. "If there had been a dialogue, we could have probably accepted that. But this diktat (policy) we cannot follow."

Former Indian Olympians, headed by ex-hockey captain Pargat Singh, wrote to the International Olympic Committee in June describing Kalmadi as a "serious threat to the very foundation of the values of sports".

"During the last few decades, some people have been using sports as a vehicle to gain political power and satisfy their greed, keeping sportspersons as mere bystanders," the letter said.

"Indian sports has become a vehicle for Kalmadi's power and glory." - AFP/fa

 

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A worker from Municipal Corporation of Delhi sprays pesticide to prevent outbreaks of dengue fever near the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 23, 2010.​