All agencies involved in the preparations for the Commonwealth Games have been directed by a Group of Ministers (GOM) to handover the venues to the Organising Committee by the end of this month. The GOM decided that the testing of various equipment and networks to be installed would commence from the first of next month. The GoM on Commonwealth Games, which met in New Delhi, also considered the status of the venues and took note of the problems being faced. Sports and Youth Affairs Secretary Sindhu Shree Khullar told reporters after the meeting that the network and technology that were to be installed would be in place by the end of this month. The GoM also discussed the house keeping issues. The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister of Delhi Shiela Dikshit, Lt-Governor Tejinder Khanna, Sports Minister M S Gill, Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and officials from DDA, PWD, CPWD and Delhi Government.Meanwhile, the Games tickets will be available in retail outlets across Delhi and the National Capital Region from Wednesday. Apart from the Indian market, Australia leads the tally with maximum number of buyers for tickets followed by New Zealand and Britain.Tickets can be bought from 20 selected Central Bank of India branches, seven nominated Hero Honda showrooms and the IRCTC outlet in Central Delhi. All the ticket-related information regarding list of the outlets and booking is available on www.tickets.cwgdelhi2010.org.Apart from Delhi, tickets will also be available in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad.
News On AIR | August 21, 2010 9:03 AM
Handover Games’ venues: GoM tells agencies