Are the Commonwealth Games a waste of national money?

27 July 2010, 03:37pm IST

What started as a matter of national pride now seems to be coming in for flak from various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled in the last seven years to a government panting to meet deadlines, not to mention public inconvenience. While the Commonwealth Games haven't even started, many are already looking forward to their end. The country no longer seems to be enjoying its status as the next Games venue, rather, worrying more about how the expenditure will burden a common man's pocket. So, is hosting the event a waste of national money? YES76% nupur, Mumbai, 30 July 2010, 11:27am IST The authoorities have ensured that the Games are a waste of national money by allowing remapnt corruption. Otherwise, the Games would have generated revenue while Delhi would have got the much needed infrastructure. manish, bangalore, 30 July 2010, 11:27am IST Full waste of taxpayers money and another way to make money for politicians and all indian babus.. :( nupur , Mumbai, 30 July 2010, 11:21am IST The authorities have ensured that the Games are a waste of national money by allowing rampant corruption. Otherwise money spent would have even generated revenue while providing Delhi with good infrastructure. ashok nair, delhi, 30 July 2010, 11:21am IST Development of the capital city should be welcomed wholeheartedly, and hosting of such events should be done in the national pride. But what is happening is that huge amount of money is being put up and a sizeable part of it is siphoned off by organised mafia and corrupt government officials. There is no control over the construction, there is no control over the quality of work, there is no justification over the utility of the spending. To have put up such a large amounts of money in the hands of bodies like MCD and DDA , which are regarded as the most corrupt civic bodies in the world , is a monumental mistake by the ruling leaders and should be considered as a crminal negligence. DELHI as such is perhaps the only CITY STATE in the world which does not enforce civic laws.

nitin, delhi, 30 July 2010, 11:20am IST CWG 2010 is now synonyms of Corrupt Wealth Generation. Race is on between MCD, OC, PWD, CM, Politician, Contractors to make money and every one is winner (Gold Medalist). Smruti, Mumbai, 30 July 2010, 11:18am IST A classic case of corruption and a 'brilliant' opportunity to divert funds in vested interests! With scams making headlines every other day, is this suprising at all? Remi, Mumbai, 30 July 2010, 11:17am IST i'm sure the swiss authorities are happy that India is hosting the games.. they would root for us even to host the asian, olympics and other games.... don't ask why??? nitin, delhi, 30 July 2010, 11:17am IST CWG 2010 is now made synonyms of Corrupt Wealth Generation by OC, Public agencies & politicians. Last chance Loot lo!!!! .. Premnath Kudva, Mangalore, 30 July 2010, 11:17am IST Yes it is a complete and colossal waste of tax payers money. Even if the games had been conducted free of corruption, on time, it would still have been a waste. Now considering that there has been loads of expected corruption involved it is not only a waste it is a criminal waste. That is what I thought when we won the bid, and what I think today. Can't blame Mr Aiyer either. nishan, Mumbai, 30 July 2010, 11:13am IST This could have been a great moment for India but the money was misused and the event not planned well. Now the world will see the corruption and pathtic infrastucture of the country. We're screwed. NO24% Avijit, Asansol, 30 July 2010, 11:22am IST Hello Every one ,it's really very sad to her that our preparation to organize such a big event is not up to the mark.We must see it as an honor to organize such a big event.It's a opportunity to show the world that we are not less than anyone in organizing such a big event Succesfully.It is also an opportunity to show our cultural heritage and also it is a great opportunity to promote tourism,as people from different country will visit Our country.So it's a big opportunity for us and must not leave any stone unturned to organize this event successfully. Shantanu, bangalore, 30 July 2010, 11:18am IST We are spending lots of money in IPL and other cricketing events.... if thats not waste of money then encouraging athletics is not waste of money. We should

always welcome such events and encourage other games in our country so that we can qualify in mega sports like olympics... Kamil Manzar, Delhi, 30 July 2010, 10:39am IST No, Again no, this is a good way to show our strength. There are lot of things to experience and learn for us. We are going to share our culture, tradition, hospitality openly with whole world. Ravi Nandan Sah, Colarado, US, 30 July 2010, 10:28am IST Ultimately, there should be economic developement of the nation and I believe it has. Amal, Kurian, 30 July 2010, 10:17am IST I feel that Indians should think things from a positive angle rather than the negative side of it. Hosting a event like CWG will give a good image for India rather than poor image in the mind of global community. When people in Europe , America and other parts of the world see picture they see poor people or the traffic congestion in Mumbai. Thats all they know about india.This will give out a good message to the world that we can make things happen in India.

JYOT, ABAD, 30 July 2010, 10:16am IST IT PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT TO THE WHOLE WORLD,JUST THINK OF OUR LIVES WITHOUT GAMES. THINK manoj kumar garg, faridabad, 30 July 2010, 10:12am IST no definately not ,one has to take risk in life to go to higher levels ,if we always thought that we can't do ,we are unable ,then we always remain backward ,undeveloped,.....we will see that how much we are efficient ....so we have to look forward and touch our dreams and help the nation..... ankit shukla, fatehpur, 30 July 2010, 10:08am IST we should not say dat commonwealth gmae is a wastage of money because d pride of our nation is attached to it nd now if we dont get success in organizing dis event our heads will be down in front of whole world. when we get some medals in olympic den everybody in country shouts dat we r pity in olympics nd when gov take step towards encouraging the sports we say its a wastage of money ,dats nt fair if we dont spend on these thing how can we improve.nd if somebody says dat we had poor record in commonwealth then he should update his knowledga becoz in last event we were second in the chart nd won more than 30 gold in dat event!!! .

Dinesh Chandra, Faridabad, 30 July 2010, 10:04am IST No it is not a wastage of national money. Developments have to be done. let it be in the names of games. It is like an investment which will give return after successful completion of event. Regards, Dinesh shrey, mumbai, 30 July 2010, 10:04am IST well its nt evryday that a country gets such abig oppurtunity .. so leave debating over such a trivial issue.. honour your country.. n lets us all try make it a success..

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