CWG preparations have bowed our heads in shame……

As we come closer to the biggest sporting event India has hosted after the Asian Games in 1982, our heads keep bowing down in shame and disgust. It should freak any ordinary citizen out, when he/she just ponders over the fact that how inept, callous and irresponsible the organizers for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) have been. As if the financial irregularities have not been enough, now even the Games Village has been termed as “not fit enough to live in”.

Representatives of the various participating nations have complained that the apartments in the Village are filthy and stinky as hell. The toilets are unclean and the construction workers seemed to have littered the loos in them. Interiors are also still going on. This fact was published a couple of days back, and the athletes are supposed to arrive today. I mean, are we taking of a host country which is the second fastest growing economy in the world, and which has been named as the third most powerful nation in the world in a recent survey? To make matters worse, a footbridge, which was supposedly constructed at a cost of Rs 11 crore for the athletes, has collapsed, seriously injuring 30 people. So has a ceiling in one of the stadiums.

Quite a few empowered committees were set up in the last two months to oversee the functioning of the CWG, but to no avail. The funny thing is that nobody is willing to bite the bullet. Everybody is passing the buck to the others. This is atrocious, shameful and detestable to say the least. I have run out of patience with respect to the Games being held properly. Many star athletes have already boycotted the Games. I would not be astonished if entire nations back out of this fracas as well and only Indians are left to compete against each other in the CWG. There should be a limit to all the nonsense that is taking place for quite some time now.

It’s a shame to see that our country, which has been so well known for its hospitality over the years, is treating its guests in such a shabby fashion, with dirty apartments and used-up, stinky toilets. We cannot guarantee them health and safety either, as structures are collapsing every other day and terrorists are threatening to open fire and smuggling detonators inside the stadium. Please give me a break guys. I do not want to call myself an Indian during the Common Wealth Games 2010.