PC team scrutinises Mah Govt's Rs 824 cr proposal for infrastructure

Pune, Sep 5 (UNI) The six-member inter-ministerial team of Planning Commission today inspected the infrastructure facilities and also scrutinised the Rs 824 crore worth of proposal submitted by the Maharashtra government for the development of the infrastructure in and around the city for hosting the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008.

The team, which arrived here last evening, had the taste of the ongoing Pune Festival later at night, which was hosted by the city MP Suresh Kalmadi.

Earlier in the day, the team members including A N P Soinha (Advisor, Planning Commission), S Krishnan (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports), Harish Chandra (Advisor, Planning Commission), Jhanijha Tripathy (Director, Sports Authority of India), A V S Prasad (Additional Director-General - Organising Committee, 2010 Commonwealth Games) and Hardip Singh Kingra (Additional Director-General - Youth Games and Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010), had visited the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), where the civic Commissioner Nitin Kareer, along with the heads of various despertments, made a comprehensive presentation on the city's infrastructure.

The team then proceeded to the Shiv Chhatarapati Sports Complex at Balewadi, near here, to inspect the infrastructure facilites for sports. There, Maharashtra Director of Sports and Youth Affairs C K Anil highlighted the upgraded facilities.

The Maharashtra government had earlier submitted the proposal worth Rs 824 crore for the development in and around the city.

In this regard, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is chairman of the games organising committee, along with the city MP Suresh Kalmadi who is the president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), had met Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in Delhi some time last month.

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