THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ AND YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)
(a) The venues for 15 approved disciplines and 3 proposed
disciplines have been finalized by the Core Group of
Ministers in its meeting held on 4th January, 2006. The
details of these venues are at Annexure-I.
(b) & (c): For the smooth conduct of the Commonwealth
Games, 2010, Government have made the following institutional arrangements:-
(i) A Core Group of Ministers for coordinating the work
related to the Commonwealth Games, 2010 headed by the
Minister for Human Resource Development.
(ii) Apex Committee headed by Minister (Youth Affairs and
Sports) with overriding powers and responsibility for
overseeing and coordinating the Commonwealth Games.
(iii) Organizing Committee headed by the President,
Indian Olympic Association to conduct the Games.
(iv) Lt. Governor of Delhi to have overall responsibility
regarding Security, Law & Order and matters under DDA.
(v) A Sub-Committee headed by the Chief Minister of Delhi
for matters falling in the jurisdiction of the State
Government.
(vi) A Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet
Secretary to implement the decisions of the Group of
Ministers.
(d) During the years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, the
construction of 73 new stadia was approved under the
erstwhile scheme of Grants for Creation of Sports
Infrastructure.
(e) Since the Sports Infrastructure Scheme under which
Central assistance was provided for construction of Stadium
has been transferred to State sector, no new projects will
be sanctioned by the Central Government. The number of new
sports complexes to be constructed during the next three
years would depend on investment decisions and allocations
made by individual State Governments.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE-1 REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.499 FOR ANSWER ON 22.2.2006 ASKED BY
SHRIMATI SUMITRA MAHAJAN REGARDING COMMONWEALTH GAMES
SPORTS VENUES FOR COMPETITION FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES, 2010
Sl. Disciplines Venue Status
No.
1 Athletics J.N. Stadium Existing
2. Lawn J.N. Sports Complex New Outdoor Bowls Greens
3. Weightlif J.N. Sports Complex New Indoor ting Auditorium
4. Hockey Maj. Dhyan Chand Existing National Stadium
5. Cycling Velodrome, I.G. Sports Existing Complex
6. Gymnastics I.G. Indoor Stadium Existing
7. Wrestling I.G. Sports Complex New Indoor Stadium
8. Shooting Dr. Karni Singh Existing Shooting Range 1000 yards Range at Manesar (about 60 Km from Games Village
9. Netball Tyagaraj Sports New Indoor Complex Stadium
10. Boxing Talkatora Indoor Existing Stadium
11. Badminton Siri Fort Sports New Indoor Complex Stadium
12. Squash Siri Fort Sports New Indoor Complex Stadium
13. Table Yamuna Sports Complex New Indoor Tennis Stadium
14. Rugby Delhi University New Outdoor Greens
15. Aquatics Delhi University Polo New Aquatic Ground Complex
16. Archery I.G. Sports Complex Existing
17. Billards Siri Fort Complex New Indoor & Snooker Stadium
18. Tennis R.K. Khanna Tennis Existing Complex
