India: Commonwealth Games Threatened by Construction Delays, Security Issues

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 22nd, 2010 | Trackback

With the Commonwealth Games set for Oct. 3-13 in New Delhi, concerns are growing that the venue will not be ready and the events will be affected, possibly canceled. Many buildings remain unfinished and a footbridge built to connect the main stadium to a parking lot collapsed Sept. 21, injuring 23 workers, five of them seriously. Security is also a concern, and the attack on a tourist bus near the Jama Masjid in the historic core of Old Delhi Sept. 19 did not increase confidence. Two Taiwanese tourists were injured when a passenger on a motorcycle opened fire with a machine gun first on the mosque and then on the tourist minibus.

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