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Commonwealth Games Village sealing order set aside – Times of India

2 weeks ago
Commonwealth Games Village sealing order set asideTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Appellate Tribunal MCD on Monday set aside the sealing orders for towers five and 15 at Commonwealth Games Village which had been lying unused so far due to the unresolved issue of excess floor-area ratio. While private developer Emaar …and more »  more...

MCD to scrap fancy Commonwealth Games toilets – Times of India

2 months ago
MCD to scrap fancy Commonwealth Games toiletsTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: After failing to complete them in time for the Commonwealth Games, the MCD has finally junked its project to construct fancy toilets in the city. The civic agency's decision to scrap the ambitious plan has been conveyed to the Delhi high …MCD junks plan to [...]  more...


CWG scam: Trial begins, MCD Commissioner deposes

2 months ago
MCD Commissioner KS Mehra said he was the "in charge of programme of upgradation of street lights but failed to recollect details of the same.  more...

CWG street lighting scam: Businessman seeks bail

3 months ago
The official has moved a Delhi court for bail, saying he has been wrongly implicated in the case by the MCD.  more...

71 CWG-related works under CVC scanner for alleged graft

8 months ago
Vigilance Commission is looking into alleged irregularities in the execution of 71 C'wealth Games-related projects worth several crores by government civic and construction agencies.  more...

Commonwealth Games scam: CBI set to file second chargesheet against MCD … – Economic Times

11 months ago
Commonwealth Games scam: CBI set to file second chargesheet against MCD …Economic TimesNEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation's second chargesheet in the Commonwealth Games scam will cover conspiracy hatched by a clutch of senior officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, or MCD, in collusion with promoters of a private …and more »  more...

CBI arrests 3 MCD officials for Games project graft – Times of India

12 months ago
CBI arrests 3 MCD officials for Games project graftTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: In the first action against MCD staffers for alleged corruption during the Commonwealth Games, the CBI on Thursday arrested three officials. The CBI also arrested three officials of private companies Sweka Engineering and Philips India in …C'Wealth Games scam: Six arrested in streetscaping [...]  more...

One cracked bridge – Hindustan Times

12 months ago
One cracked bridgeHindustan TimesIn its hurry to complete the Commonwealth Games projects, the MCD overlooked some projects that needed immediate attention. The result of this is that on Monday, nearly 70000 commuters had to take longer routes to work and back when a portion of west …and more »  more...

Hazrat Nizamuddin basti facelift to be complete by next year

2 years ago
New Delhi : The Hazrat Nizamuddin area, which houses a few of the Capital’s historic monuments, was supposed to get a facelift for the Commonwealth Games, but the […]  more...

CBI set to train guns on civic agencies

2 years ago
After the organising committee (OC), it's the turn of civic agencies to face the music for alleged corruption in preparation for the Commonwealth Games (CWG).  more...

Enforcement directorate asked to probe FEMA violations in C'Wealth projects

2 years ago
Projects like construction of the Commonwealth Games Village, hiring and procurement of medical and fitness equipment and conduct of outdoor publicity campaign by the organising committee may come under the ED scanner.  more...

No end to Kalmadi's corruption

2 years ago
23 Nov 2010, 0007 hrs IST One wonders if Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi remembers the number of scams […]  more...

Delhi ready for CWG probe, says Dikshit

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Delhi government was ready for probe by the investigating agencies into irregularities in the preparations for the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Friday.  more...

Fazny Zavahir: Funds go up in smoke, MCD gets Rs 35 crore for fogging

2 years ago
NEW DELHI: If dengue and malaria have come back with a vengeance, you can blame the Commonwealth Games for it. Having ensured a relatively dengue-free Games — there […]  more...

Central Vigilance Commission forms 'special cell' to deal with Commonwealth Games corruption

2 years ago
Sources said the special cell, which is functional in the Commission's office, is responsible for coordination and logical conclusion of the complaints besides speeding up the probe process.  more...

Fazny Zavahir: MCD says no new complaints from CVC

2 years ago
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has not received any fresh complaints from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) regarding alleged irregularities in the Commonwealth Games since […]  more...

CVC may inspect Commonwealth Games venues, OC

2 years ago
Ashwini Shrivastava New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) Faced with problems ofnon-cooperation and lackadaisical approach from some of thedepartments, the Central Vigilance Commission may inspectCommonwealth Games venues and the OC office to gather papersand possible vital evidence to further its probe.  more...

Provide records to probe agencies, officials told

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Delhi government Thursday directed its officials and those of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to provide records to agencies probing alleged widespread corruption in the just ended Commonwealth Games.  more...

CWG irregularities: Delhi chief secretary meets officials

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta Thursday held a meeting with Delhi government officials and asked them to coordinate with the agencies probing the Commonwealth Games financial irregularities.  more...

Fazny Zavahir:CVC looking into 22 more accounts related to Games

2 years ago
NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission is scrutinising 22 more Commonwealth Games-related construction and procurement done by different government agencies for alleged financial irregularities . CVC has also found […]  more...

Used Condoms Clog Delhi CWG Athlete's Village Toilets

2 years ago
NEW DELHI: Thousands of used condoms have reportedly clogged the drains of the Delhi Commonwealth Games accommodation towers at the athletes' village after being flushed down toilets by […]  more...

CWG probe starts in finding irregularities

2 years ago
A day after the biggest success of Indian medal tally haul, Govt. ordered a probe in misuse of funds and allocation of tenders to incompetent organizations. probing […]  more...

OI, OI, TOI

2 years ago
L-G miffed with Sheila taking credit for Village turnaround Abantika Ghosh, TNN, Oct 14, 2010, 12.46am IST Tags:tejender khanna|sheila dikshit|manmohan singh|commonwealth games NEW DELHI: The curtains are not yet down […]  more...

Use Condoms to Block AIDS Not Drains

2 years ago
THE COMMONWEALTH Games (CWG) Village is confronting a civic problem again. It is not the dirty loos or spit-stained bathrooms, but choked drains, which are now […]  more...

It's a rubbery problem at CWG village

2 years ago
Thu, Oct 7 12:47 PM THE COMMONWEALTH Games (CWG) Village is confronting a civic problem again. It is not the dirty loos or spit-stained bathrooms, but choked drains, which […]  more...

'Civic bodies moving dogs to undisclosed locations'

2 years ago
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Delhi's civic authorities, clearing the city of stray dogs in the wake of the Commonwealth Games, are dumping them on the outskirts of the city and have also committed brutalities against these canines, animal rights activists have claimed.  more...

Delhi struggles with insect plague but rats stay away

2 years ago
Athletes at the Commonwealth Games are battling a plague of Delhi bugs as much as opponents with organisers forced to blanket venues with a pungent insecticide after an influx of insects.  more...

Delhi ready for CWG as Sheila blames organisers

2 years ago
Delhi Chief Minister says the CWG Organising Committee did not meet the deadline for many of the venues.  more...

Eco-friendly rickshaws emerge as OOH medium

2 years ago
Eco-Activate plans to increase the number of E-rickshaws to 40 in October. Each rickshaw has an ad-space of about 180 sq. ft.  more...

All's well at CWG Village: Delhi CM Dikshit after review

2 years ago
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on Wednesday reviewed the facilities at the Commonwealth Games Village and expressed satisfaction at the progress made in works.  more...

Homeless and Poor Lost their Livelihood Due to Games Cleanup

2 years ago
Hundreds of homeless and poor in the city have lost their meagre livelihood courtesy the clean-up drive ahead of Commonwealth Games. Authorities have been rounding up beggars from the roads and outside temples, and many others have been caught by the cops at traffic intersections.  more...

Delhi dressed up to receive the world

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Through the dark clouds of controversy, Delhi residents have begun to see a silver lining - starting with a world-class new airport and an extended and efficient Metro service, significant parts of the capital suddenly seem to have cleaner roads, gleaming bus stops, greener sidewalks, better signages and even ornamental street furniture, thanks to the Commonwealth Games.  more...

Dikshit extends deadline to clean-up CWG venues

2 years ago
Delhi Chief Minister says an enquiry has been set up on the foot overbridge collapse at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.  more...

Some municipal councillors to get special CWG passes

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) At least some municipalcouncillors of Delhi will be able to watch the CommonwealthGames here next month for free as the Organising Committee haspartially accepted their demand for passes.  more...

Ahead of Games, MCD’s first info café launched

2 years ago
Visitors arriving in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games will soon be able to grab a quick bite and get tourism-related information about the city, at one go. On Monday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched the first of 40 tourist information-cum-food kiosks in the city. Named  more...

Shahier and Alana to lead Canada's squash challenge in CWG

2 years ago
Ottawa, Sep 17 (IANS) Two-time men's national Champion Shahier Razik and three-time women's Open national champion Alana Miller will lead the Canadian squash team in the Delhi Commonwealth Games Oct 3-14.  more...

Fifth dengue death in Delhi, cases climb to 1,788

2 years ago
The dengue outbreak has also raised concern among several countries which are sending teams to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held next month.  more...

No country has expressed dengue fears: Bhanot

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee secretary general Lalit Bhanot Friday allayed fears of athletes pulling out of the Oct 3-14 Games because of dengue in the national capital, categorically stating that that no country has expressed apprehensions about the mosquito-borne disease.  more...

CWG 25 Days To Go: At Last Some Good News

2 years ago
Venues may still be incomplete but athletes at the CWG will at least be assured of a good meal as the caterers for the Village - Delaware […]  more...

MCD’s 11th hour warning: Games Village site most vulnerable to dengue

2 years ago
Says it was poor judgement to build flats for athletes near Yamuna bed  more...

RTI watchdog seeks CWG info

2 years ago
The alleged Commonwealth Games scam might turn out to be much bigger after government agencies upload all the details of their Games-related projects on their respective websites. The Right to Information (RTI) watchdog has directed the agencies to make the information public. The Central  more...

27 days, but no end in sight for heritage projects

2 years ago
Even though the Commonwealth Games is inching closer with each passing day, the ambitious projects aimed at showcasing Delhi as a heritage city are nowhere near completion.  more...

CWG tennis, cycling venues yet to get completion certificate!

2 years ago
With the Commonwealth Games lessthan a month away, at least two stadia as well as parts of themain sports venue, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, are yet to getcompletion certificates from civic authorities.  more...

40 touchscreen info-cafes for Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Information will be merely a touchscreen away for over 100,000 visitors who are expected to visit the capital during the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.  more...

Failed MCD Now Seeks People Help in Cleaning Debris

2 years ago
Having failed to clean the city before Commonwealth Games, MCD has now sought public participation. The civic body, along with voluntary organization Let’s Do It Delhi, on Tuesday announced a ‘Clean Delhi Challenge’ to be held on September 11.  more...

CWG's Organising Committee to ensure efficient cleaning and waste management

2 years ago
In a bid to facilitate smooth functioning of all the venues during 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi has made elaborate arrangements to ensure efficient Cleaning and Waste Management.  more...

MCD seeks public help to clean city before Games

2 years ago
Having failed to clean the city before Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has now sought public participation. The civic body, along with voluntary organisation Let's Do It Delhi, on Tuesday announced a `Clean Delhi Challenge' to be held on September 11.  more...

Dengue rises in Commonwealth Games city

2 years ago
The national capital Delhi is gripped under dengue fever. The toll of dengue patients is reportedly increasing on daily basis giving fear to Delhi's civic bodies to curb […]  more...

Dengue rises in Commonwealth Games city

2 years ago
The national capital Delhi is gripped under dengue fever. The toll of dengue patients is reportedly increasing on daily basis giving fear to Delhi's civic bodies to curb […]  more...

CWG's Organising Committee to ensure efficient cleaning and waste management

2 years ago
New Delhi, Aug. 31 (ANI): In a bid to facilitate smooth functioning of all the venues during 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi has made elaborate arrangements to ensure efficient Cleaning and Waste Management.  more...

Furniture on Roads for Games: Forget it

2 years ago
Here is another broken promise. To ensure an ‘‘uniform look’’ in the city, civic bodies were expected to install similar street furniture on 54 major roads leading to stadiums, airport and railway station before the Commonwealth Games. But with streetscaping work yet to complete, the civic agencies were drastically cutting down on what they had promised.  more...

CM inaugurates parking facility for 820 buses near Nehru stadium

2 years ago
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today inaugurated Prem Nagar underpass and the Kushak and Sunheri Nallah parking facility near Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games. The site, developed by the MCD at a cost of Rs 303.95 crore by covering Kushak and Sunheri nallah, will provide parking facility for 820 buses during the Games and afterwards. Though developed to provide ample parking facility during the Games, the Chief Minister described it as a permanent infrastructure for Delhi. Such a facility was necessitated keeping in mind the large number of players, officials, mediapersons and spectators expected to visit the stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies. She expressed confidence that the parking facility will suffice during the Games. A total of 10,000 hutments and staff quarters of DJB and MCD, pipelines, BSNL power cables and water pipelines were relocated or shifted to bring up this parking area, which took a record time of 16 months. The parking area stretches over approximately 1.28 lakh sq mts. A length of 1030 metres was covered over Kushak Nallah extending from Sewa Nagar Culvert to Nehru Stadium South Gate, while a stretch of 950 metres was covered over the Sunheri Nallah from Dayal Singh College Campus upto Lala Lajpatrai Marg behind Lodhi Hotel. The waterway of both of the nallahs beneath the parking has been kept at 46 meters. There are three sets of modern toilet complexes and two restrooms at each parking.  more...

Games OC in a quandary over use of Shera freebie

2 years ago
Everybody likes a free sample, and the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games is no exception.  more...

'CWG creating urban apartheid'

2 years ago
Over 3,00,000 people have been evicted and displaced from their homes due to projects related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), a report by an NGO Hazard Centre has said. "Very few of them have been given alternative accommodations. Even after strict High Court directives, the Delhi government and  more...

Come join hands to make Commonwealth Games a success: Sheila Dikshit to BJP

2 years ago
Perturbed over the negative publicity created due to controversies over Commonwealth Games preparations, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today appealed to BJP not to make things worse.  more...

Emergency Declared: Leave Canceled for all MCD Employees

2 years ago
With the Commonwealth Games approaching and the fear of a dengue epidemic looming large, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to get its act together. On Wednesday, MCD cancelled all sanctioned leave of its staff, announcing that it would not give leave to any of its employees till the monsoon season is over and claimed that employees of the public health department would have to work on weekends too.  more...

Check dengue before Commonwealth Games, demands Cong MP

2 years ago
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) With less than two months to gofor the Commonwealth Games, a Lok Sabha member today demandedthat Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) should take steps onwar footing to check spread of dengue in the national capital.  more...

MCD cancels staff leave till end of rains

2 years ago
With the Commonwealth Games  approaching and the fear of a dengue epidemic looming large, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to get its act together. On Wednesday, MCD cancelled all sanctioned leave  of its staff, announcing that it would not give leave to any of its employees till the monsoon season is over and claimed that employees of the public health department would have to work on weekends too.  more...

Wedding bliss on hold for Commonwealth Games

2 years ago
Critics of the Commonwealth Games have yet another reason to pan the event which will ensure the next couple of months are just not the right time to get married in Delhi.  more...

Choas greets tourists at Jama Masjid

2 years ago
Tourists headed to Old Delhi during the Commonwealth Games  will be greeted by the usual chaos in and around Jama Masjid. While the roof of the 17th-century monument again started leaking this monsoon, the situation outside doesn't look promising either MCD is yet to start redevelopment work in areas surrounding the mosque.  more...

Roads are Caving in City But Cycle Tracks Works Starts Leading to Jams

2 years ago
Ongoing streetscaping work for the Commonwealth Games has made driving on the main Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) Road and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Marg a nightmare for motorists as jams have become a constant feature due to bad planning and shoddy implementation of construction work. Despite strong opposition by the traffic police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is constructing cycle tracks on the narrow roads, thereby shrinking space available for traffic. On SPM Marg, all left turns have been blocked as part of the new design defeating Delhi government’s aim of making as many stretches signal free as possible. Malba and other construction material carelessly dumped around has aggravated the situation.  more...

Now Mosquitoes New Threat for Games

2 years ago
The DDA flats under construction in Vasant Kunj have become the breeding ground for Aedes aegypti mosquito which is responsible for dengue. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has found high-density of mosquito breeding in the basement of DDA flats which are earmarked for Commonwealth Games officials.  more...

MCD to make Games pest-free

2 years ago
To avoid rats playing hide-and-seek with the tourists during the Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has purchased 100 kg of rodenticide and 600 rat traps to be used at the Games venues.  more...

City roads still dug up, MCD gets the jitters

2 years ago
With 49 days left for the Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has claimed that it is yet to begin upgrading of 30 major roads for the Games. According to the civic agency, these roads still have to be handed over by other agencies, which are currently carrying out digging activity. The MCD claims that it will need at least 15 days to relay these roads before the Games.  more...

Bio-toilet, electronic toilet: Delhi civic body's new experiments

2 years ago
The MCD today launched two new eco-friendly toilets built with innovative technologies on an experimental basis and said it may install some such units near the Commonwealth Games venues after examining all aspects.  more...

Games flats home to mosquitoes

2 years ago
The DDA  flats under construction in Vasant Kunj have become the breeding ground for Aedes aegypti mosquito which is responsible for dengue. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has found high-density of mosquito breeding in the basement of DDA flats which are earmarked for Commonwealth Games officials.  more...

Dengue threat looms large over Games

2 years ago
The threat of dengue will loom large even when the national capital will host the Commonwealth Games as officials say that the cases of the disease will continue to see an upward trend till the end of October.  more...

CM’s Promised Proved to be hollow: Deadline Passed but Malba Still on roads

2 years ago
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MCD claims it will complete C'Wealth Games work by August-end

2 years ago
The mayor claimed that the MCD has completed "98% of its works related to the Commonwealth Games and the rest 2% will be done by the August 31 deadline".  more...

Mosquitoes breeding at 7 CWG sites, notices issued

2 years ago
In what could probably be a cause of worry for the Delhi government, the local civic body has found mosquitoes breeding at seven Commonwealth Games sites. It has issued notices to the officials concerned.  more...

Deadline Tuesday, debris still here

2 years ago
The Commonwealth Games might be hanging over their heads, but even that has not stopped the civic agencies from again pushing the deadline to remove tonnes of construction and demolition waste strewn on the Capital’s streets. As the deadline to remove the malba is set to expire on August  more...

Nearly 200 MCD officials booked for graft since 2007

2 years ago
Even as several MCD projects related to the Commonwealth Games face allegations of irregularities, the data available shows that 191 officials of the civic body have been booked in corruption cases since 2007.  more...

Contractors threaten to stop Games work

2 years ago
After being on a tool-down strike since July 21 for non-payment of their dues by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the municipal contractors are now threatening to stop work on Commonwealth Games-related projects if their dues are not settled by the civic body.  more...

Streetlighting not under CWG work

2 years ago
In what appears to be an attempt to cover up widespread corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects also highlighted in the recent CVC report the CBI has denied that the streetlighting project regarding which it has registered a case has anything to do with the Games.  more...

CM Confident of Sales Boost During Games

2 years ago
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday asked local shop owners and market associations to gear up for a major trading opportunity during the Commonwealth Games. The CM said the government and civic agencies MCD and NDMC are already sprucing up some markets in capital including Connaught Place and Khan Market.  more...

MCD Worry about Dengue Threat at Games Sites

2 years ago
After detecting mosquito breeding in many of the stadiums being prepared for the Commonwealth Games, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has now sounded an alarm. According to MCD officials, pits near the Games Village and lack of any outlet for drains at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium have become a cause for worry as they have become mosquito breeding grounds.  more...

Yamuna Complex Project is Delayed

2 years ago
On a round to inspect Commonwealth Games projects of MCD and DDA in east Delhi, finance minister A K Walia on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the tardy pace of work at the Yamuna Sports Complex, where archery and table tennis events are scheduled to take place.  more...

MCD refusing completion certificate for Karni Singh Stadium

2 years ago
With the Commonwealth Games just two months away, MCD is refusing approval to issue completion certificate for the shooting venue of the mega event due to a pending proposal for widening the road leading to it.  more...

Loose Women: Jane In The 2010 Commonwealth Games, Queen's Baton Relay [6th November 2009]

3 years ago
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