11,490 Crores being incurred on CW Games: M.S. Gill

New Delhi: Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M.S. Gill announced in the parliament that the expenditure being incurred for the Commonwealth Games is around 11,490 crores.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha to nominated member Mani Shankar Aiyar, Gill gave the detailed breakup of the expenditure.

"The central government has approved funds to the tune of 2,394 crores to the organizing committee for the conduct of Commonwealth Games 2010, including for overlays, timing, scoring and result system and sports equipment," he said.

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An amount of 4,460 crore has been approved for upgradation, renovation and creation of sports infrastructure, while 2,800 crores have been provided through ministry of home affairs for upgradation of sports and city infrastructure.

In reply to another question, the sports minister said that all Commonwealth Games venues were complete except a weight lifting stadium at Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex which will be completed by July 31 and a table tennis stadium at the Yamuna Sports Complex which will be completed by Aug 15.

Both central and Delhi governments have been attacked on escalating cost of the Commonwealth Games. Slamming the government, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party said that the cost incurred for the Commonwealth Games was to the tune of $17.5 billion, compared to $1 billion incurred in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Even Aiyar, a former sports and youth affairs minister in the first United Progressive Alliance government, recently termed the games a wastage of money.
Source: IANS