14:43 GMT, 25 July 2012
A £25 Billion State of The Art Infrastructure Question
Crumbling, barricaded and strewn with rubbish, these state-of-the-art sporting venues cut a sorry sight just two years on from the
Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Once the focus of the world's attention, the sites now lie desolate - a stark reminder that hopes of a lasting legacy from international
events can lie in tatters.
The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, which lit up the 2010 Games with spectacular opening and closing ceremonies, has since been left
decaying with overgrown plants, skeleton guard booths, growing wasteland, peeling paint and broken furniture.
The stadium usually seats 60,000 people and is the third-largest multipurpose stadium in India.
But given the deluge of fiascos that hit the Games at the time, it perhaps isn't so surprising that it hasn't stood the test of time.
Embarrassing pictures leaked to the media in the run-up to the event showed filth and squalor at the athletes' village. A snake was
later found in a South African competitor's room.
Stray dogs and monkeys became a menace and many top athletes pulled out over concerns about their safety.
Many were also left alarmed when a key pedestrian bridge close to the main stadium collapsed, while a giant scoreboard at the rugby
sevens stadium also fell down.
Here's a at look some of the Before and After the Commonwealth Games photographs
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A £25 Billion State of The Art Infrastructure Question
Crumbling, barricaded and strewn with rubbish, these state-of-the-art sporting venues cut a sorry sight just two years on from the
Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Once the focus of the world's attention, the sites now lie desolate - a stark reminder that hopes of a lasting legacy from international
events can lie in tatters.
The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, which lit up the 2010 Games with spectacular opening and closing ceremonies, has since been left
decaying with overgrown plants, skeleton guard booths, growing wasteland, peeling paint and broken furniture.
The stadium usually seats 60,000 people and is the third-largest multipurpose stadium in India.
But given the deluge of fiascos that hit the Games at the time, it perhaps isn't so surprising that it hasn't stood the test of time.
Embarrassing pictures leaked to the media in the run-up to the event showed filth and squalor at the athletes' village. A snake was
later found in a South African competitor's room.
Stray dogs and monkeys became a menace and many top athletes pulled out over concerns about their safety.
Many were also left alarmed when a key pedestrian bridge close to the main stadium collapsed, while a giant scoreboard at the rugby
sevens stadium also fell down.
Here's a at look some of the Before and After the Commonwealth Games photographs
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