Cwg Construction

• CWG: EMAAR's response to charges of poor construction

  Real estate developer EMAAR-MGF may have to  forfeit 183 crore it deposited with the government of India as a bank guarantee for the Commonwealth Games Village that it built. The government says it has frozen the account. Here is how they responded to all the charges:This has reference to the media reports about DDA "confiscating" the Bank Gua...

• Games organisers get support from England CWG chief Holmes

  Commonwealth Games England President Kelly Holmes has leapt to the defence of the scandal-marred Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month, saying that it would be a success and Indians will feel "proud" despite the construction delays, security and health concerns.

• Wonder how CWG OC slept for so long: Bishen Bedi

  Amazed by the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's laxity, spin legend Bishen Singh Bedi on Tuesday said the corruption allegations against it and the shoddy construction work at the venues have put paid to India's chances of hosting multi-sports events in near future.

• Australia Games chief defends India against critics

  Australia's Commonwealth Games chief has leapt to the defence of October's New Delhi meet which has come under harsh criticism over construction delays and ballooning costs, reports said on Monday.

• Workers building Commonwealth Games stadia forced to sleep on footpaths

  Bansi says he sleeps on the footpath, if it rains he and his fellow workers stand under flyover.They're part of a huge labour force that is now working overtime to ensure that the venues for the 2010 Delhi Games are finished in time. The state government collects 1% of the total bill from construction companies for labour welfare. Over Rs 389 crore...

• CWG: No bullet-proof buses despite Pak requests

  Delhi Police has moved the Supreme Court seeking its permission to remove speed governors from buses which will be used for ferrying athletes and other officials during the upcoming Commonwealth Games.Special Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said an application has been moved in the Supreme Court in this regard and they hope that it will be allowed."The c...

• Commonwealth Games construction work an organised loot: Lalu

  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Friday demanded a high-level probe into the alleged irregularities in Commonwealth Games-related works being carried put by various government departments in the national capital."Bhari ghapla, bhari loot (massive bungling, massive loot). This is an organised loot," RJD chief Lalu Prasad t...