CWG

Dear Friends,

 

Its not only the foreign media,our own media was no better.Wish they could give a balanced report on the preprations.Lot of good work has also been done our airport has emerged as one of the best in the world,Heathrow airport comes nowhere near it,this is the first hand report of people who have travelled recently to so called developed countries Media all over the world was just focussing on the lapses,as for corruption that is our internal matter.Looks like these countries just cannot digest developing countries progressing by leaps and bounds our IT industry is already giving them sleepless nights.

 

 Its a lesson to our govt as the agencies failed to put up a coordinated front,wish they could give finishing touches earlier and avoided all the controversies .Like Milkha Singh pointed out that as a player he has seen worst conditions abroad ,so friends let us move on and give some credit for the good work done for CWG games ,the explanations by Kalmadi and co can be dealt with later once the games are over.

 

Also Queens baton should be called Commonwealth baton.

 

Ranju Minhas

Shield ,citizens initiative

CWG

Dear Mr. Vohra ji,

 

There are, according to me having been associated with the organization of 'mega events' like Asiad-82; World Railway Games, World Badminton, World Table Tennis, Asian Athletics etc. held in India, most of them in Delhi, a few unanswered questions. They are -

 

1. How did you allow the media to enter the Village without proper permission when they are not ready? Who is the responsible official who took them around? Pin him down. Was he bribed a few chips to take snaps of these minor/isolated places!

 

2. How our own media tarnished the image of our own country - like CNN-IBN; Times Now, Headlines Today, NDTV etc. in their dispatches little realising the implications and impact? Are they not patriotic and anti-nationals. Freedom of media does not mean unfettere freedom. What the I&B Ministry did to gag them up?  Why they did not show the magnicient work done in stadia, training grounds etc. which were all prepared to this august event? It is a pity that none of the media projected the 'positive things' done at huge cost! Should they not be punished?

 

3. What the officials at the helm of affairs organizing the CWG were doing without looking into the records relating to the organization of Asiad-82 under the Chairpersonship Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi ably assisted by S. Buta Singh and Shri Arun Singh, ex- Works & Housing and Defence Ministers at the Centre! It is unfortunate that none of the Asiad-82 officials have even remotely associated with Asiad82 find a berth in the Organization of the CWG. I could speak with authority that I was perhaps the first one to apply to the Organizing Committee with my bio-data to extend my service as a full time official in any capacity/area of work, having acquired rich experience right from scratch when the basic work of the Asiad-82 was started. You will be shocking to know till date I have not received a call! I have also volunteered to assist the CWG organizing committee and undergone training for the purpose at the Amity University and got the ID card and uniform etc. due to my passion for organization of the Games, but here too, I have not received a call so far, when hardly a week left. I have reminded them too. Added I have worked with Shri Kalmadi when he was the Hon'ble Railway Minister, as his only railway knowledgeable OSD but still I had not been called.  In 18 months we did erect the stadia, made all requisite arrangements for stay, food, transport, conduct of the Games etc. at the then 'world class level' earning the kudos of all nations in the Asian continent besides the IOC who conferred the "Order of Gold", the highest honour of the IOC on our then Hon'ble P.M.,Smt. Indira Gandhi for the magicient success of the Asian Games-82! Of course, I got the President of India's award "Asiad Jyoti" for the same.

Of course, when so many top notches are not coming we will fetch 'record number of medals' of which we could take pride in a way, but at what cost - Rs.70,000 crores with which we could run sports promotion in the entire country right from village to State Hqs. levels for the next 15-20 years and prove ourselves better than China in shaping 'world beaters' over this period of time.

 

Of course, we are all short of memory and we will all forget what had happened and not happened for conducting the CWG and come back to square one with the same sort of officials at the helm of affairs to run sports in our country. It is high time that all such officials in the IOA and NSF should resign en masse having brought a 'bad name' to our prestigious country!

 

I am sorry that whenver anybody talks ill about our country my blood boils and heart beat increases due to these tardy and despicable affairs created by these so called 'sports administrators'

 

With best regards,

 

TK Balu

Asiad Jyoti Award winner

Secretary/RBECHS/Anand ViharSecretary/RBECHS/Anand Vihar

Road caved in at Krishna Nagar - Press cuttings

The news of this cave in was covered today, by various newspapers as well Delhi Aajtak TV Channel.
B S Vohra
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

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Untouchable Dog !

Dog cast(e)away after dalit touch. Whom to blame?

BHOPAL: A dog's life couldn't get worse. A mongrel brought up in an upper caste home in Morena was kicked out after the Rajput family members discovered that their Sheru had eaten a roti from a dalit woman and was now an "untouchable". Next, Sheru was tied to a pole in the village's dalit locality. This controversial case is now pending with the district collector, the state police and the Scheduled Caste Atrocities police station in Morena district of north MP.

DSP SC/ST Atrocities (Morena), Baldev Singh, recalls, "We got a complaint in which it has been alleged that a dog was declared untouchable and a dalit family fined for feeding it. We are investigating the allegation," said the officer.

Read more: Dog cast(e) away after dalit touch - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dog-caste-away-after-dalit-touch/articleshow/6617039.cms#ixzz10Y4krmAE

Road number 57 caved in

Road number 57 in East Delhi caved in at Mandir marg, Krishna nagar chowk. A round pit of over 10 ft emerged in the morning. Persons from DJB as well PWD reached the spot & it was observed by them that the leakage was in a 4 ft DJB pipe line which was under the Electric poles. As its a long job & as there was a huge traffic jam on the road, the cavity has been filled by earth for the time being till further action is decided.

BBC pics of the CWG village ?

The BBC pics of the CWG Village clearly exhibit that only / mostly the Cleaning & Finishing of the Area was pending. My questions are : 

Why BBC esclated the issue on its Channel, website & through other media ? Why BBC tried to malign the prestige of our country by showing only those pics which depicted an error ?

There are thousands & thousands of pic's exhibiting the beauty of CWG. Why these pic's could not find any place in the BBC pics gallery ?   

Don't you think that BBC tried to treat India as a third world country ? And that too, when the North India is facing the severe of the severest rains & floods.

Just one pic showed that really some work was pending. Don't you think, it clearly meant that even BBC could not find more than that ?

My other questions are : 

How an Australian Channel could do a sting operation by carrying lots n lots of explosives into the CWG ? Why they are not charged with the consipiracy against India ?

Why & How Mr Fanel changes his statement every second day ? Who is pressurising him to speak against India ? 

Leaking stadiums, choked roads, emerging ditches, delayed projects, falling overbridges, corruption or no corruption, these are our internal issues and can be discussed & debated in depth after the games. But we can not allow any other country to touch our nose. 

Please reply.

B S Vohra

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

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CWG

It is true that now is the time to save our country from all the shame,but we all must get together and punish the culprits who have put our country in to such an awkward situation. On TV i see most of the channels getting in to DEBATES with renowned people, on what went wrong and why?this will continue for some time and then the whole misdeed forgotten the culprits will live happily everafter, This is the time for one and all to get together and ask for the misuse of taxpayers money, and the only punishment which I feel right is to make all the OC members stand in J.N.STADIUM and hang them publicly like in RAVAN DAHAN on Dussehra

Alka Gupta

CWG volunteers ?

Dear Mr. Vohra ji,

 

It is a pity that there has been all over 'criticisms' on the organization of the Commonwealth Games without pondering over what citizens of Delhi and others can do! We must know that in every sphere of activity, whether collection of property tax/income-tax or payment of bills etc. the citizens of Delhi have to undergo numerous problems and we are also part of it. Govt. servants do not work but they demand only pay and perks. Unless and until the 'fear' of punishment is there ingrained in the minds of people, things will not improve however much you preach and give training etc.

 

You know what a collossal amount had been sent on 'training' of volunteers and officials abroad during the last four years. Let's get it and you will know what all these officials had done abroad and what they are doing now and how much money had been spent on them.

 

We must also know that India - our mahan Bharat - are 'masters of crisis management'. First we are loath right from the beginning, instead of doing things on a planned and phased manner and thereby create a 'crisis' in which situation many agencies and people get profitted and manage them at a short notice. I have been pleading with people if there is one gold or diamond medal at the international forum in any sphere of activity for 'crisis management' there is none in the world to beat INDIA. We are masters in 'crisis management' and nobody can match our efficiency and proficiency in this respect. It is a challenge any one can take it!

 

Perhaps you may be aware that one agency "City Operations' trained more than 2400 volunteers to assist the Organizing Committee in organizing the Games. They were addressed by none else than by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Shri Suresh Kalmadi, that they "will be playing a vital role as City Operations at the Games Headquarters"! But alas despite taking a number of training sessions organized by the Amity University at Noida, issuing ID cards and uniforms, no intimation whatsoever have so far been received by these volunteers, of which I am one of them (despite being an Asiad Jyoti awardee), despite a number of phone calls and e-mails. No reply has been received so far. Whereas on contrast, it is a pity that we are getting a large number of foreign volunteers to assist us and now the members of the foreign teams who are coming are volunteering to assist the OC of the CWG little knowing our background, culture, ground position and knowledge about our beautiful city etc. This is the state of affairs. We have not picked up the 'right talent' right people who are 'passionate and committed about games' and take pride in working for the Organizers but 'chammas and who blow the trumphet of the higher officials at the CWG OC' are playing a vital role. It is unfortunate that none who have had experience and expertise in 'sports administration' has been associated with the OC!

 

We are "Delhi United" to help the OC of the CWG but are the latter 'UNITED' to avail of our services! It is a pity that these decorated people who did yeoman services during Asiad-82 have not been even called to attend the GAMES AND HONOUR THEM!

 

TK Balu

Secretary/RBECHS/Anand Vihar

(An Asiad Jyoti Award winner)

This must be the spirit , if you want to promote sports !

Poland has the EURO 2012  i.e. European Football Championship in 2012 and yesterday, it has  inaugurated the Poznan stadium even before the CWG 2010 in Delhi. Don't you think, that this must be the spirit for promotion of sports. The evening concluded with fireworks.

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Come, Let’s be a part of the solution rather than being a part of the criticism !

While there has been a lot of criticism surrounding the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 over the past few months, it is now high time to transform criticism into concrete constructive actions. After all, it is a matter of national pride to hold the Games in our city, in our country. The need of the time is call is to come together as a city and as a nation for the Commonwealth Games.

NDTV-BPTP launched "Be the Solution" campaign to spur positivity instead of the criticism. This campaign is being carried out in association with the CWG Organizing Committee (OC) and the Government of Delhi.

On behalf of this, they need students from different colleges/schools /people to green select stadiums and other key areas in Delhi between 16th Sep to 23rd Sep. The activities for the volunteers will involve painting, greening, laying grass and saplings in around the chosen stadiums : Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium ,Delhi University Rugby Stadium,Thyagaraj stadium,Talkatora Stadium and other few chosen locations in the city. The equipments and grass/saplings will be provided. Bollywood celebrities and popular faces from the world of arts and theatre in Delhi would also show their solidarity in a bid to make their city clean and green. They will also provide refreshments to the volunteers along with pick & drop facility.
Time Slots :- 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 pm or 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For further information contact :
Gazal
Audience Cell # 011-26446666
Extn.380-385
NDTV ,Archana Complex Gk -1

CWG

Dear friends,

 

We citizens have been living and tolerating inefficiency,corruption ,lack of planning and incompetence since long.It is just that it has got exposed now and is there for the world to see.We are not only being tested by people but also by mother nature.We all know, merit has always been compromised in handing out jobs as quota system takes over.I dont know why we are getting shocked over faliure of this magnitude,as it was bound to happen.MCD ,DDA,PWD and other authorities were involved in CWG projects, its a collective faliure of our governance.

 

Look around you ,in your neighbourhood it is not difficult to spot corrupt and antisocial people,they are part of our society .We do not raise our voices against them but choose to be silent spectators.At this stage we can just pray that athletes do not pull out and any further untoward incident does not take place.Only a miracle can save our nation from getting shamed internationally.

Ranju Minhas

Gen secretary

Shield,citizen initiativ