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GAMES SCAM

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Host city: New Delhi, India

Nations participating: 71 Commonwealth Teams

Events: 17 disciplines

Opening ceremony: 3 October 2010

Closing ceremony: 14 October 2010

Motto: "COME OUT AND PLAY"

Organizing Committee Chief: Suresh Kalmadi

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES2010

It was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India.

The official mascot of the Games was “Shera” and the official song of the Games, "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman.

The two principal bids for the 2010 Commonwealth Games were from Delhi. Delhi bid won by a margin of 46 votes to 22, confirming India's first successful bid for the Games. India's bid motto was “New Frontiers and Friendships”.

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The Delhi government implemented a program to teach English, and the necessary skills for serving tourists, to key workers—such as cab drivers, security workers, waiters, porters, and service staff. In the two years prior to the Games 2,000 drivers were taught English.

The organizers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Environment Programme to show the intention to host a "sustainable games" and to take the environment into consideration when constructing and renovating venues.

The Commonwealth Games Village provided accommodation and training for athletes of the Games, and was opened from 23 September to 18 October 2010. It comprises of five main zones—the Residential Zone, the International Zone, the Training Area, the Main Dining and the Operational Zone.

The final medal tally was led by Australia. The host nation India gave its strongest performance yet to emerge second, while England placed third.

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Problems prior to the commencement of CWG 2010

The games in India have been marred by financial irregularities exposing a large corruption scam.

EMAAR had been penalized for structural defects and inadequate amenities that housed the delegates from 71 countries that participated in the Games.

Leaky roofs, collapsing walkways, clogged latrines, snakes and spiders in the athlete quarters, lack of food for the broadcast journalists.

Around 10,000 of the 22,000 selected volunteers quit, less than a week before the event. This has been blamed on a lack of training for personnel, or dissatisfaction with assignments.

CNN has broadcast evidence showing children, as young as seven, being used in the construction of the game venues.

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On 10 October 2010, CIA reveled that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Qaida were planning to attack on games venue on 12 or 13 October.

In the run-up to the games it was reported that 65-70 cases of dengue fever were being diagnosed each day in the city, with the number of cases "likely to hit the 3,000 mark" by the opening on October 3.

Prior to the Games, four wrestlers, a shot-putter and two swimmers who were all part of India's Games squad tested positive for Doping.

With just 12 days to go for the Games, a new foot over-bridge near the main venue of the Games, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, collapsed, injuring 23 laborers.

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Problems During the events CWG 2010

Since the start their was the issue of ticket sales, the general public was unable to buy tickets, with all outlets reporting that all the venues have been sold out, one witnesses nearly half the venues empty for every event.

One Indian competitor tried to buy tickets for relatives online, only to be informed by the website that tickets were sold out. When he arrived to compete, he found the venue to be empty.

NDTV has accessed documents that chronicle complaints about the Games Village filed by the representatives of the participating countries.

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Kalmadi came under strain when he "thanked" the late Princess Diana for attending the opening ceremony of the games. The chairman made the blunder at a press conference saying ’Yes, Princess Diana was there,’ after which he immediately corrected himself by saying ‘Prince Charles and (Camilla) the Duchess of Cornwall.

Australian athletes have been accused of vandalizing the towers of the athletes' village they were staying in by breaking furniture and electrical fittings.

Many swimmers were reported to have fallen ill. Initially, concerns were raised over the quality of water in the swimming pools of the SPM Complex.

On the first night of swimming, debris landed in the swimming pool, causing delays ahead of a race. It is believed that part of the ceiling or its paint had fallen off.

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CWG 2010 Scam

The Central Vigilance Commission(CVC), involved in probing the alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore.

The total misappropriation amount may touch a figure of Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000 crore, which is quite huge and alarming.

The initial total budget estimated by the Indian Olympic Association in 2003 for hosting the Games was 1,620 crore (US$361.26 million). In 2010, however, the official total budget soon escalated to an estimated 11,500 crore (US$2.56 billion).

The 2010 Commonwealth Games were reportedly the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever.

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Complaints regarding alleged embezzlement of Rs 1.5 crore in the purchase of HOVA Courts for Badminton stadium, malpractices in the tender for kitchen equipment installation, misappropriation in video board tenders for remodeling and upgradation of Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium were received by the CVC and in all cases.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi was criticized by several prominent Indian politicians and social activists, "irrelevant to the common man" and criticized the Indian government for sanctioning billions of dollars for the Games even though India requires massive investment in social development programs.

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Kalmadi’s hand’s in scam

CWG head honcho Suresh Kalmadi files a police complaint as a huge stadium, apparently constructed to accommodate over one lakh spectators, goes missing. Kalmadi  vows to capture the pickpocket behind the daring heist.

A small scam of a few thousand of crores follows over the minting of medals for the Commonwealth Games emerges.

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The CVC has reported to have probed 16 CWG projects. Its report points out to use of sub-standard material, rigging of bids, sanctioning of projects which were not needed, favoritism in selection of contractors and private bidders being allowed to tamper with figures post-auction.

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CBI Investigation CBI began a full-fledged investigation into the relentless

corruption that the Games were embedded with, some of Mr. Kalmadi's closest aides were arrested.

CBI questioned Mr Kalmadi three times and raided his homes and offices in Delhi and Pune to gather evidence that he had functioned as the “Chairman of the Badmaash Company” that had run the Games.

There was a great hustle and bustle at various corners of political arena. There were allegations, counter allegations and defensive statements in answer. BJP ministers started attacking the Government saying congress Government is protecting the corrupt and scamsters.

CBI stated that that some of the important documents and files have gone missing and suspects that they have been destroyed.

Suresh Kalmadi who is alleged as the key conspirator of CWG scam is not the only person involved in this scam, Lalit Bhanot, who served as the Secretary General of the Organizing Committee and V K Verma who was its Director General.

Investigators say they found it easy to nail Mr Kalmadi for the 141-crore contract he gave to Swiss Timing for its timing equipment - the deal was inflated by 95 crores.

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CBI over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2009.

Kalmadi was sacked as Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Chairman following allegations of his involvement in Commonwealth Games corruption cases on January 24, 2011.

Sacked CWG Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Monday arrested by CBI on charges of cheating, conspiracy and corruption in connection with awarding some Games contracts and the ruling Congress wasted no time in suspending the Lok Sabha MP.

Kalmadi was arrested by the CBI on April 25, 2011, for fraud and for conspiring with other officers of the Organizing Committee to overpay a Swiss firm Rs. 95 crore for timing and scorekeeping equipment that was used at different venues during the Commonwealth Games.

Till now seven people including Kalmadi have been arrested in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam.

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