POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

uninterrupted power and there was not even a single
second’s break in the broadcast and conduct of different
events.
The work of Overlays of the kind, magnitude and
complexities involving over 60 venues, over 5,000 spaces, 1,000
items, etc., was being done for the first time in the country
and there was no past indigenous experience available to
guide the process or to become a benchmark to evaluate the
thinking process, either for scoping and design, procurement
or actual operational issues of Games Overlays.
The Overlays department was set up in March 2009,
i.e., much later than 3 October 2008, the date by which
scoping of Overlays should have beeen completed. Through
concerted efforts, the process of Overlays scoping and
design; budget preparation; award of contracts; delivery and
operationalisation was completed in a record time despite
adverse ground conditions and unusually hostile weather.
Overlays which were to the international standards and
aesthetics were also appreciated by visiting foreign delegates
/participants.
which arose during operatinalisation met within the allocated
budget, presently only a payment of Rs. 253 crore out of total
contract value of Rs. 623 crore has been made.
Recommendations
• Venues were taken over at short notice in a semi-developed/
ready state and brought up to acceptable international
standards in a short span of time. Delayed completion of
infrastructure (venues) had a cascading effect on all venuebased
planning and activities
• A proactive approach and structural monitoring of projected
dates of completion of projects (especially construction of
venues) based on venue briefs was lacking
The award process, considering the magnitude and
complexities, was completed in a record time of five months
after going through the process, which may not have any
parallel in any other government department/office. Further,
not only were contingency and additional requirements
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