Work on CWG projects behind schedule: Govt report

Zeenews Bureau New Delhi: A government report published in the press on Thursday, which suggests that the 2010 Commonwealth Games projects are running well behind schedule, has cast fresh doubts on the country’s preparedness to hold the games successfully. According to reports, work on most of the sports venues is running way behind schedule while some other road decongestion projects to improve the state of the capital’s roads are in grave danger of not being completed for the games.The Commonwealth Games that will feature athletes from 71 countries is scheduled to kick-start on October 3, 2010. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, a copy of which has been accessed by a leading newspaper, suggests that the aquatic complex, which should have been 93 percent complete by now was only 42 percent through while the renovation design of the main stadium has not even been finalised.