Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium inaugurated for Commonwealth Games
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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TEXT: IANS
NEW DELHI: The remodelled, 60,000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, showpiece venue for October's Commonwealth Games, was finally inaugurated Tuesday after several missed deadlines.
The venue, originally built for the 1982 Asian Games, was inaugurated by sports minister MS Gill in the presence of Delhi chief minister Shiela Diskhit and Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the venues for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, during its inauguration. (Image: AP) The stadium will host the showpiece athletics, weightlifting and lawn ball disciplines. The stadium has been refurbished at a cost of a whopping Rs 9.6 billion (approximately $200 million) with international consultants from six countries - Germany, Switzerland, UK, US, Mexico and Australia - putting their heads together to construct the state-of-art facility. |
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