A security delegation of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Monday met with Indian officials at the Delhi Secretariat where they were apprised about the development works for the 2010 event.
The team is in the national capital to inspect all the facilities and the stadiums before the games to be held in 2010. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi was also present.
"A delegation of Commonwealth Games has arrived in Delhi, which was here six months back also. They are inspecting all the facilities here and are having discussions with all the stakeholders. Today was the presentation by the Delhi Government. Tomorrow and a day after tomorrow, they will see the presentation of the stadiums. Till now, all the presentation work regarding the Commonwealth has proceeded on time," said Kalmadi.
Earlier last week, Mr. Kalmadi had ruled out any security threat to the 2010 event. Speaking to scribes, he told, ‘there was no security concerns and we are in constant touch with all 71 countries which are quite happy with the security we are providing.’
The security issue was raised after the Australia pulled out of the zonal Davis Cup tie in Chennai citing security fears in the region. Security for sports team first came into question after the terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore and the last year Mumbai attack.
Delhi had bagged the contract of hosting 2010 Commonwealth Games at an estimated cost of 70 billion rupees after beating the Canadian city Hamilton in the bid for the games.
The will be the second time after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1998) that the Game is in Asia. With a population of more than 1.2 billion, India is the largest country in the Commonwealth.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be India's first big International sports event since the 1982 Asian Games. New Delhi hosted the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 and again in 1982.
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