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Games for the participating athletes and officials.<br />
Temporary Landing Facility (TLF) was made<br />
available for those participants traveling without<br />
the Accreditation Card due to late entries or any<br />
unforeseen situations.<br />
To ensure unprecedented security arrangements<br />
for the Games MHA provided funds of Rs 67 crore<br />
to State Governments of Assam and Meghalaya<br />
for security arrangements and spared the Central<br />
Armed Police Force for providing security cover<br />
for the Games and most importantly a high<br />
powered committee chaired by Union Home<br />
Secretary reviewed the security arrangements.<br />
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)<br />
Ministry of External Affairs played a vital role for<br />
the conduct of the South Asian Games by issuing<br />
necessary instructions to all Missions abroad in<br />
support of the Games, appointing Nodal Officers<br />
in all participating Countries for facilitation of<br />
speedy issuance of Visa, distributing publicity<br />
material in the participating countries and<br />
waiving visa fee for the NVP process.<br />
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)<br />
Airports were the first point of contact for all<br />
the participants and Ministry of Civil Aviation<br />
ensured hassle-free arrival for all the participants<br />
by coordinating with the Airports Authority of<br />
India and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, to<br />
ensure successful airport operations for the South<br />
Asian Games. Delhi, Bengaluru, Guwahati and<br />
Kolkata were appointed as nodal airports and<br />
directions were given to these airports to ensure<br />
the requirements are adequately ascertained and<br />
communicated by the airports.<br />
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and<br />
Prasar Bharati :<br />
The Ministry of information & broadcasting<br />
supported a complete coverage of the Games<br />
by Prasar Bharati. The Ministry of Information<br />
and Broadcasting deputed its officials during the<br />
Games period and also provided funds to Prasar<br />
Bharati for carrying out Broadcast operations.<br />
Further, DAVP provided the outdoor mobile<br />
vans and Press Information Bureau constantly<br />
disseminated the news from Guwahati, Shillong<br />
and Delhi. Across 18 venues and across two<br />
different states, the whole Prasar Bharati team<br />
managed to cover and broadcast the event to<br />
millions of people. Prasar Bharati also provided<br />
live feed to the participating countries free of cost<br />
so that viewers all over South Asia could be a part<br />
of the Games.<br />
South Asia Olympic Council<br />
Established in 1981, the South Asia Olympic Council<br />
(SAOC), formerly known as the South Asian Sports<br />
Federation, is the governing body of the South Asian<br />
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12 th SOUTH ASIAN GAMES | POST GAMES REPORT
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