Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex and asked authorities to speed up their efforts. Terming the sports complex as “beautiful”, Singh urged the authorities “to redouble their efforts to quickly complete whatever works remained as people were expecting a spectacular and flawless opening to the CWG.”
The PM visited the stadium, the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies of the October games, this morning. He was shown various facilities there including the playing fields, royal box, stands for spectators, security and other arrangements, PMO officials said.
The PM, accompanied by Sports Minister M S Gill and CWG Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, inspected the facilities and the work being done.
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