New Delhi: The Indian Army handed over the reconstructed foot-overbridge opposite the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to the Delhi government on Friday. But it is the 27 labourers injured in the tragedy on September 21 whose struggle still continues. The foot overbridge could well be called Delhi's Phoenix -- rising from the debris in a record time of 10 days. This foot overbridge rebuilt by the Army will now salvage the...
09:41 PM, Oct 01, 2010
New Delhi: The government has come fire for the Commonwealth Games mess. The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the government, saying Rs 70,000 crore was spent on the Games, which can turn into personal wealth for some. The apex court also observed that rampant corruption marred the preparations. Also payments were made before the work was actually completed. The court also referred to the collapse of the foot overbridge. The...
09:00 PM, Sep 29, 2010
New Delhi: The Delhi government has asked the Army to build a foot overbridge outside the flagship Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to replace the one that collapsed on Tuesday. The Army will begin laying the temporary structure today and is expected to deliver the bridge within 5 days. That's not all -- it will be built at a fraction of the original cost. Remember Rs 5 crore were spent on the...
09:51 AM, Sep 25, 2010
New Delhi: In more embarrassment for the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee a section of the false ceiling near the weightlifting stage collapsed at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday. Two-three tiles measuring 2 ft by 2 ft fell on Wednesday morning from the ceiling of the stadium. However, Cabinet Secretary KM Chandreshekhar said that the collapse of the false ceiling was not a big issue. "The cables which were to be...
12:46 PM, Sep 22, 2010
New Delhi: The latest controversy to hit the organisers of the Commonwealth Games is a claim that the security has been breached. Australia's Channel 7 claims to have exposed major security lapses at the CWG venues in a sting operation. The channel claimed its reporter got by security checks at the main venue -- the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -- with crude explosives. What's worse it went undetected. The Delhi Police...
07:54 AM, Sep 22, 2010
New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday faced another embarrassment when an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed injuring 27 people outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. Four people out of the 27 injured are said to be in critical condition. Principal Secretary of the Public Works Department (PWD) K K Sharma told CNN-IBN that the incident happened when a slab was being laid; the work however...
09:11 PM, Sep 21, 2010
The Organising Committee Vice-Chairman says Jawaharlal Nehru stadium is as good as any other stadium in the world. ...
10:39 PM, Sep 14, 2010
New Delhi: All Commonwealth Games venues have been formally handed over to the Organising Committee (OC), which will take at least a month to finish the overlays work. But are the stadia Games-ready? CNN-IBN did a status check. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is one of the main venues of CWG 2010. But a look inside reveals not such a pretty sight. The landscaping work is still going on and debris...
04:21 PM, Aug 26, 2010
Building of a new tunnel has delayed the work at the stadium. ...
07:02 PM, Oct 26, 2009
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