Concerns and controversies
Main article: Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games
There were various concerns about the games stemming from terror threats delays, labour violations, corruption in securing infrastructure, slum evictions, boycott calls, "unlivable conditions" at games village and other criticism.
The Central Vigilance Commission also released a report showing irregularities in up to 14 CWG projects. As per official reports, in total 129 works in 71 organizations have been inspected.[The preliminary findings
Award of work contracts at higher prices
Poor Quality Assurance and Management
Award of work contracts to ineligible agencies
There were also allegations of widespread corruption in various aspects of organising the games including procurement and awarding contracts for constructing the game venues. The Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee on 5th Aug 2010 suspended T S Darbari (joint director in the organising committee) and Sanjay Mahendroo (deputy director general in the organising committee) following the report of the three-member panel which was probing the financial irregularities related to the Queen's Baton Relay. Also Organizing Committee treasurer Anil Khanna resigned from the post in the wake of allegations that his son's firm had secured a contract for laying synthetic courts at a tennis stadium. On the 21st of September 2010 a footbridge carrying tourists collapsed injuring 27 and seriously injuring 5. On the 22nd of September 2010 a stadium roof partly collapsed into the competitors area. None was injured. . On the 18th of September an Australian TV crew from the Seven Network walked past security with a suitcase containing a bomb and its detonator.
Commonwealth Games village center of concernsBy
Facility was intended to be "world class"
Games officials called it "disgusting"
Committee scrambling to clean village before athletes arrive
New Delhi, India -- From afar the Commonwealth Games village, where the athletes are supposed to live during the 11-day event, looks clean, bright and fancy especially compared to some of the other buildings in and around New Delhi.
It sits near a beautiful temple complex near the banks of the Yamuna River. The head of New Delhi's Commonwealth Games Organizing Committed, Suresh Kalmadi, touted the village as "world class" but when Commonwealth Games Federation officials toured the site they called the athletes living quarters "disgusting" and "not fit to live in."
Now it seems even mother nature is bent on making trouble for the games. After the wettest monsoon season in New Delhi in years the Yamuna river is at flood stage and floodwaters are visible just on the other side of the games village. The standing water of the polluted Yamuna is a great breading ground for mosquitoes increasing health concerns over dengue fever which is carried by mosquitoes.
Not all is lost at the games village. There are parts of the games village that have been praised by the same the federation that slammed the athletes living quarters. The government has now responded to the calls for a "deep clean" of the village. India's Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanoot says everything will be fixed before the athletes are set to arrive on September 23.
When asked about the possibility of canceling the games due to the issues with athletes housing, Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Michael Hooper he did want to jump to that conclusion but, "What is clear, which I have said consistently, is there is a lot of work to be done in a very short period of time."
