The Commonwealth Games

The problem has been corruption and organisation, due to appointing the wrong people for the job, rather than their being an absence of ability to put on such an event

The One wrote:dengue is not uncommon in most tropical countries, from singapore to delhi. especially in the monsoons

but the way these games have been handled has been a sham (and if you are a bit nationalistic also a shame). if the venues and the village were all ready 6 months ago, as scheduled, then the issue of a ceiling collapse (its one board of a false ceiling, not a catastrophe) or unclean toilets could have been dealt with in time. thats why people try and finish projects well in advance. so that you have enough time for testing, etc

now with things being rushed more than ever before do not be surprised if a shoddy job is done and more accidents happen. i have a feeling the games will be cancelled. it would be a better option than possibilities of accidents during the event. which is a real shame, since the venues for the events themselves are very very good and the people of delhi were ready to warmly receive many guests

in the end it might not be a bad thing. this will put more pressure than anything else on the government to make some systemic changes

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skully wrote:Deary deary me, what a farkin schamozzle.

So athletes have a choice of having a dog sh!t on them in their sleep, have a bridge collapse under them, have a roof fall on them, or get shot or blown up by terrorists. I bet they can't wait to get there.

You forgot the health risks like Dengue fever Skully.

Why was India ever given the games?

Three top-line British athletes have also pulled themselves out of the games and there are now doubts surfacing re. the whole event going ahead with Scotland, Ireland and NZ considering not going.

Zat wrote:........... It's only a fortnight until the games start. Of course the race card is yet to be played, but it will only be a mater of time, and people/companies/media outside India will be blamed.

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furriner wrote:

Zat wrote:........... It's only a fortnight until the games start. Of course the race card is yet to be played, but it will only be a mater of time, and people/companies/media outside India will be blamed.

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Linky- it were the racist British bar suspenders

Zat wrote:I was banned on the old C4 forum at one stage for daring to criticise India's ability to hold a major sporting event.

Then again, I did use a line about spectators having to stand knee-deep in their own excrement.

Perhaps I should have said that about the competitors instead...

Zat wrote:I was banned on the old C4 forum

Delhi chief minister Sheila *sh!t* attempted to play down the seriousness of the bridge collapse. "These minor glitches do happen," she said. "Something maybe dripping, some tile may collapse, it doesn't mean the entire Games are bad."
*sh!t* said the authorities had decided not to rebuild the bridge and would instead create a new path for the spectators to enter the venue. She confirmed that compensation payments would be made to those hurt in the bridge collapse.

embee wrote:From Furry's Linky ...

Delhi chief minister Sheila *sh!t* attempted to play down the seriousness of the bridge collapse. "These minor glitches do happen," she said. "Something maybe dripping, some tile may collapse, it doesn't mean the entire Games are bad."
*sh!t* said the authorities had decided not to rebuild the bridge and would instead create a new path for the spectators to enter the venue. She confirmed that compensation payments would be made to those hurt in the bridge collapse.

Nice name

Sheila *sh!t*

"These minor glitches do happen,"

Dello wrote:This place has gone to sh!t since sh!t was de-*sh!t*-ed.

embee wrote:From Furry's Linky ...

Delhi chief minister Sheila *sh!t* attempted to play down the seriousness of the bridge collapse. "These minor glitches do happen," she said. "Something maybe dripping, some tile may collapse, it doesn't mean the entire Games are bad."
*sh!t* said the authorities had decided not to rebuild the bridge and would instead create a new path for the spectators to enter the venue. She confirmed that compensation payments would be made to those hurt in the bridge collapse.

Nice name

the head of the English team, Craig Hunter, has revealed the scene at the athletes' village.

"It's just not satisfactory... the place is, you know, the toilets and what have you are clearly a mess," he said.

"But there are other significant issues as well. The air conditioning isn't working, there's flooding, doors have been hung in an incorrect manner, so a shower door that's supposed to open outwards, opens inwards so you can't actually physically get in.

"The hot and cold water feeds are reversed. There was a drain pipe from one of the adjacent towers with no downpipe and the water just gushed straight out of there and straight into our tower.

"We've got 10 people, 12 people on the ground now and we're donning rubber gloves and cleaning toilets,

embee wrote:From Furry's Linky ...

Delhi chief minister Sheila *sh!t* attempted to play down the seriousness of the bridge collapse. "These minor glitches do happen," she said. "Something maybe dripping, some tile may collapse, it doesn't mean the entire Games are bad."
*sh!t* said the authorities had decided not to rebuild the bridge and would instead create a new path for the spectators to enter the venue. She confirmed that compensation payments would be made to those hurt in the bridge collapse.

Nice name

furriner wrote:

Zat wrote:........... It's only a fortnight until the games start. Of course the race card is yet to be played, but it will only be a mater of time, and people/companies/media outside India will be blamed.

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Linky- it were the racist British bar suspenders

New Delhi: Organising the Commonwealth Games is like holding a “Punjabi wedding” -- things will be done at the last moment but all will end well. That is how Union Sports Minister M S Gill has described preparation for the biggest sporting event in the country.