Only a few weeks left for the much awaited Commonwealth games, which was supposed to be a matter of National pride, but sadly it has been reduced to nothing but a matter of National shame and International ridicule in full media glare.
Crores of money being siphoned off to some UK firm , shows that how the Indian bureaucracy is also hand in glove with all the corrupt people out there looking for their share of pie. It’s all a big chain where everybody in the league – from top to bottom is somehow gaining from the CWG 2010 .
60 days left , and I don’t think Delhi is ready to welcome it’s guests . The traffic is pathetic all over Delhi and the expected footfall of thousands of guests is only going to add to the worse situation. Although , it feels good when I go out in the city and see the new Metro tracks being laid and work being carried out in full speed , I felt particularly sad when yesterday in a news channel , I saw the plight of the workers and labourers involved in beautifying our city and making our city ready for the Commonwealth games.
With the D-day arriving and pressure building in , the workers are made to toil more and work in inhuman conditions. I doubt if right in the heart of our city and in the capital of our country , proper Labour Laws are being followed , if they are being paid the correct wages and what precautions are being taken as the sites where construction work is being carried out are often very dangerous and risk prone. Already 40 workers have been reportedly killed in mishap . Will India host the Commonwealth games out of hard work and toil including blood and life of it’s poor ? Most of the labourers toiling day and night have been employed by private contractors and are not even registered. As a citizen of India , I feel there should be a proper account of each and every person who is contributing on his/her part to make the Games possible .Proper and correct registration of all the workers involved and correct wages paid to them , so that next time when I travel on the newly laid Metro line or any new flyover in Delhi , my heart would know the labourer who made it possible and that he/she was given correct remuneration for his/her work rendered.
