New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit the Commonwealth Games sites on Sunday, for an on-the-spot inspection of the facilities and state of preparedness.
The official said the Prime Minister had expressed his wish to visit the sites when he chaired the meeting of ministers and senior officials on August 14 -- just 50 days before the October 3 to October 14 mega events.
The PM's visit came two days after the Group of Ministers (GoM) extended the deadline for the completion of venues - once again from August 31 to September 15. But Games Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi remained confident of pulling off a successful show.
"It is going to be the best infrastructure in the world. It is going to have the best games; better than the Beijing Olympics," Kalmadi said.
The Prime Minister intervened in the preparations following delays and corruption allegations in the biggest sporting event being organised in India since the 1982 Asiad.
During his meeting, he issued clear instructions that the facilities for the Commonwealth Games should be made ready in time and meet international standards as the "eyes of the world" were on the country.
The Prime Minister had observed slippages in the time schedules of some of the construction works and deficiencies and had directed ministries concerned to conduct thorough investigations into all the complaints that have been received of procedural and other irregularities.
(With inputs from IANS)
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