CWG corruption: OC faces about Rs 350 cr legal cases

Nearly three years after the conclusion of Commonwealth Games here, the scam-hit Organising Committee is contesting two dozen legal cases involving a revenue of about Rs 350 crore against private companies which executed projects related to the mega-sporting event.
"There are about 24 cases related to the Commonwealth Games pending in courts or undergoing arbitration. The total revenue involved in them is about Rs 350 crore," Chief Executive Officer of the Games Organising body Jarnail Singh told PTI.
The cases, filed in various courts here and outside Delhi, relates to dispute in finance, workforce, catering, merchandising, cleaning and waste management, technology and other functional areas.

"We are contesting cases and challenged the demand of money raised by the firms. Some of these contracts were not executed as per the conditions agreed upon. There is huge government revenue involved in them. How can we let go," said Singh when asked when the organising body would be wound up.
A skeleton staff of 45 people are working in the OC, which once had about 1,500 work force, with most of them assisting legal firms or lawyers engaged in contesting cases under arbitration or being heard by the court.
At least 37 government departments have spent over Rs 13,000 crore in 9,000 publicly-funded CWG-related projects.