No fault in design of Commonwealth Games stadiums: MS Gill

Rejecting media criticism of the Commonwealth Games' preparations, Union sports minister MS Gill today asserted that there are no faults in the newly-built stadiums for the October 3-14 event.

Gill said media has been wrongly criticising the preparations of the Games despite the fact that CPWD engineers and concerned officials are working round the clock to complete the work.

"There are no serious flaws in the design of any of the stadiums. No faults in any of the roofs. The fact remains these stadiums have no faults and leakages anywhere. Don't underplay the magnitude of the big occasion. This is a legacy, live it," Gill said inaugurating the Weightlifting auditorium inside the Jawahar Lal Nehru Complex for the October 3-14 Games here.

"All responsible officers of the Public Works Department would be present at the venues all the time till the start of the Games. For next two months they will recheck deficiencies. They will revisit the infrastructure. So there is no question of unpreparedness," Gill said.

He said the architecture and engineering involved in building the stadiums has been used for the first time in India.

The weightlifting auditorium was one of delay-hit venues and its completion came as a relief to Gill, Union Urban Development minister S Jaipal Reddy and from hundreds of others engaged in the organisational efforts of the Games.