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Association (just like any other NGO) and NOT the Government of India (GOI) that bids for and is primarily responsible for the successful organisation of such events. - In other words (just like in Cricket, it is the Team - India and NOT the Indian team which is selected and managed by the BCCI) the Commonwealth Games is NOT an Indian event but an International games event bid successfully for being organised in Delhi in India by the IOA. - It is well known that the IOA’s last minute offer of USD 100,000 per member (72 in all) and the fact that the CG had never taken place before in India that clinched the bid in IOA’s favour. - GOI has reportedly agreed to underwrite all costs (difference between revenue and expenditure) for the organisation of the CG to the IOA. Lingering questions - How is the DDA (which is a GOI agency created by an Act of the Parliament) acting on behalf of IOA in raising the Games Village and the other infrastructure in Delhi? - When, who and how was the GOI enabled (by the Parliament?) to agree to underwrite all costs for the organizing of the CG to the IOA at the tax payer’s expensive? - How is the GOI accountable to the tax payer for such largesse? - Why does Delhi need another Games Village when a permanent Games Village already exists in the city (raised in Siri Fort area for the Asiad in 1982)? - If a new games village is needed now for the CG 2010 then would the same story be repeated the next time around too when another Games Village be sought to be raised in Delhi? (It is well known that IOA is bidding for the Asian Games 2014 to be held in Delhi!) - Why such events be held only in Delhi specially when the city is bursting at its seam in terms of growth and suffers from an acute shortage of land and woeful civic and other amenities? (In many other countries such games are organised in different cities) - Is the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) the parent body of the games aware that the proposed CG village is slated to be raised in a river flood plain with the potential to unleash a growth chain reaction which could disrupt the river ecosystem for ever? COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 – RESIDENTIAL PROJECT : SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS The following applicants have been shortlisted at the RFQ stage for invitation to participate in the RFP Process the Residential Project of the Commonwealth Games Village. 1. M/S DLF Ltd 2. M/S Omaxe Ltd 3. M/S Nagarjuna Construction Co Ltd 4. M/S Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Ltd 5. M/S Larsen and Toubro Ltd 6. M/S Parsavnath Developers Ltd 7. M/S Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd 8. Consortium of CSCHK-Soma Enterprises 9. Consortium of Namkwang-SPSL-PDI-CMCL 10. Consortium led by Emaar PJSC 11. Consortium of Unitech Ltd-IL&FS-PSDA-FCL ELEMENT OF DANGER DON’T EMBRACE CALAMITY Delhi is Flood Prone International Games COUNTRY YEAR GAMES CITY India 1951 Asian New Delhi 1982 Asian New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth New Delhi 2014 (bid) Asian Games New Delhi Australia 1956 Olympics Melbourne 1982 Commonwealth Brisbane 2000 Olympics Sydney 2006 Commonwealth Melbourne GB 1908 Olympics London 1948 Olympics London COUNTRY YEAR GAMES CITY 1970 Commonwealth Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Edinburgh 2002 Commonwealth Manchester US 1904 Olympics St Louis 1932 Olympics Los Angeles 1984 Olympics Los Angeles 1996 Olympics Atlanta Korea 1986 Asian Seoul 1988 Olympics Seoul 2002 Asian Busan 2014 (bid) Asian Incheon
Flood vulnerability (Source: Taranjot Kaur Gadhok, Senior Fellow, HSMI (HUSDCO), New Delhi) The city has been experiencing floods of various magnitudes in the past due to floods in the Yamuna and the Najafgarh Drain system. The Yamuna crossed its danger level (fixed at 204.83m) twenty five times during the last 33 years. Since 1900, Delhi has experienced six major floods in the years 1924, 1947, 1976, 1978, 1988 and 1995 when peak level of Yamuna river was one meter or more above danger level of 204.49m at old rail bridge (2.66m above the danger level) occurred on 6 September 1978. The second record peak of 206.92m was on 27 September 1988. In the recent past, the city experienced high magnitude floods in 1977, 1978, 1988 and 1995, causing misery and loss of life and property to the residents of the city. Settlment pattern in flood plain A close analysis of the flood zoning pattern reveals that the high risk zones are the areas that have earlier been identified as unplanned or poorly planned areas having high population densities and sub standard housing structures. These include areas of North Delhi, and Trans Yamuna. Some of the colonies that have come up in these areas are at levels 3 to 4 meters below the 1978 flood level. Risk of break in embankments Protection from the river by embankments lead to a false sense of safety and development starts taking place in the shadow of these embankments. In the event of failure of these protective works, as has been seen in the form of breaches during past floods, the effect is devastating because the pressure of the entire embanked stretch is released at one point, and it takes the people by surprise. European River (Thames or Seine) Model is No Panacea for River Yamuna Raw sewage floods River Thames (Source:www.smh.au/articles) August 6, 2004 Environment authorities have mounted a major cleanup operation in London after Tuesday’s flooding forced hundreds of thousands of tonnes of raw sewage into the River Thames running through central London. The Environment Agency said 600,000 tonnes of untreated sewage overflowed into the river as London’s Victorian-era sewers were overwhelmed by torrential rains that brought chaos to parts of the city on Tuesday night. “The overflow has to go somewhere, and the Thames is the natural place,” a spokeswoman told Reuters on Wednesday. Flood scenario in Seine (Source: Pierre-Alain Roche, 2005) Studies conducted in the 1990s gave the authorities an initial warning by estimating the damage from a flood comparable to that of 1910 at 4.6 billion euros (1990 scenario). These same studies also estimated that the disruption caused by a rise in the level of the Seine equal to that reached during the 1910 flood would affect: · 70% of metro traffic for 30 to 50 days; · 50% of RER traffic for 30 to 50 days; · over 200 000 electricity subscribers; · over 1 million telephone subscribers; · around 100 000 gas subscribers; · 5 household waste processing plants; · 5 district heating plants; · 50% of drinking water supplies. The most recent estimates have raised this figure to 12 billion euros. The reason for this increase is that in addition to direct damage there are also the costs resulting from the loss or disruption of a large number of public services. The failure of an EDF transformer affects a much larger area than the area actually flooded; the same is true of all utility networks (telecommunications, district heating, drinking water, drains and sewers, etc. and obviously, transport networks too ). Like a house What Is This Campaign About? 7
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