Changing Face of Delhi
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³Changing Face of Delhi´Preparing for 2010 Common Wealth Games
By: Mr. Harish Ahlawat
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Welcome
Namaste¶ or µnamaskar¶ is
the Indian way of greeting
each other. It is not asuperficial gesture or mere
word, but has deep spiritual
significance. When we greet
one another with namaste, it
means, µmay our mindsmeet¶, indicated by the
folded palms placed before
the chest.
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Introduction
The city of New Delhi, with a population of 14 million, will be the
host of Commonwealth Games 2010. This will be the first time
India will host the Commonwealth Games and the second timein Asia.
Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the
Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF
General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003.
The Commonwealth Games are to be held in followingdisciplines:
Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics,
Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Net Ball, Shooting, Squash, Rugby 7´s
Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
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Changing face of Delhi
A new state-of-the-art Games Village is being built by the Delhi
Development Authority (DDA) with a focus on maximising
athlete comfort. The village will be developed along the eastbank of the River Yamuna. The site is off the National Highway
24 adjacent to the Akshardham temple at the Noida
intersection. Exceeding CGF requirements, the Village will
translate traditional Indian hospitality into standards of comfort
& excellence never seen before by participating teams. To becreated at a cost of USD 230.7 million (including Residential
Zone), the Games Village will be spread over an area of 63.5
hectare (158.4 acre).
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World Class Games Village
The new state-of-the-art GamesVillage is being planned aroundmaximising athlete comfort. Theservices and facilities will have aunique "athlete-comfort" orientationand approach.
The Village will translate traditionalIndian hospitality into standards of comfort & excellence never seenbefore by participating teams.
Within its immediate vicinity areheritage monuments and historicallandmarks. Combined with the densegreen natural cover on the sides, it willbe a relaxing and soothingenvironment for the athletes andofficials. Athletes and Officials from all
sports will stay at this one village.
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Roads & Transport
y Addition of new arterial andapproach roads to improve intra-
city transport and decongestionof all National Highways atDelhi¶s entry points from itsneighbouring states.
Road Improvement Plan for 52identified roads
y Construction of nine newsubways and improvementprojects for existing ones(flooring, illuminations, signage,toilets, escalators etc).
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Roads & Transport
y Multi-level parking projects
to increase parking space.
y Development of
underground tunnel to
connect the Games Village
with the venues and the
city¶s central road network.
Building of first high capacitybus system in the city with
new fleet of low-floored
buses for the capital.
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Metro Train
y Development of new lines
and extension of existing
lines of the metro railnetwork to improve
connectivity between
Games venues.
y Work is undergoing at a
rapid speed and Metro RailCorporation is confident to
complete its task before the
due date.
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Airports
y Modernisation of the internationalairport with increased capacity to
host flights. The new terminal will give the
airport a capacity of 37 millionpassengers a year.
The new terminal will have roadaccess via a new six lane road fromNH-8 and will also have a high-speed metro line to the city (metroline (Delhi Airport rail link) withspecial city check-in facilities. Therewill also be an integrated multi-storey car park at the terminal.
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Hospitality Services
y Planning and buildingfive-star hotels and thecountry¶s largest world-class convention centre.
y Big number of Hotels withworld class facilities arecoming up to provide thetourist all desiredcomforts in the city andNCR region.
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Medical Facilities
The Delhi government hasdecided to construct 36
hospitals inN
ew Delhi, inthe run-up to the 2010Commonwealth Games.
Some of these hi-techhospitals will be built in theTrans-Yamuna area of DelhiInitially a fund of Rs.150
million has been planned for the construction of thehospitals, but more fundswill be made available asand when needed.
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Power Supply
y Addition of power supply to theexisting 3,500 MW supply
available to the city.y Delhi will see the availability of
power enhanced to 7,000 MWfrom the present 4,000 MW bythe Commonwealth Games in2010
y In the coming years, the city will
get power from the Damodar Valley Corp, National ThermalPower Corp, the Dadri power plant, the Jhajhar plant and thePragati power plant - these total4,240 MW.
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Green Delhi
Government wants to turn greenDelhi into lush green this timebefore the 2010 Commonwealth
Games. Its horticulture department has
sown 41,000 species of plants atRoshanara Bagh which are likely toflower during the Games period.
Some of the trees being grown bythe MCD include Plumeria Alba,Plumeria Acutifolia, Lagerstromia
Flosreginae, Colvillea Racemosa,Bougainvillea, Hisbiscus, Lantana,Cassia alata, Jatropha, Neem,
Ashoka tree etc. It also plans tosow five lakh plants and shrubs sothat they are ready by then.
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Clean Delhi
Delhi will look more clean thanever before in the coming 2
years. With an eye on the
Commonwealth Games 2010,the MCD has taken up the taskof civilising unruly citizensbefore the event.
The MCD is finalising the rules
for implementing the new finesfor littering public places, andwilling to take the help of private sector organisations toimpose the fines on the spot.
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