Funds granted but where’s the track?

It is not just Delhi on which the danger of missing the deadline for the Commonwealth Games projects looms large. Noida is also grappling with deadline issues. HT reports

It is not just Delhi on which the danger of missing the deadline for the Commonwealth Games projects looms large. Noida is also grappling with deadline issues.

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An eight lane, 200 meter synthetic athletics track is to come up at a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Noida but the contract for the same is yet to be awarded.

This track is to be used by athletes for practise before they go for the games. Only 67 days remain for the start of the Commonwealth Games.

The estimated cost for constructing the track is Rs 1.31 crore, including Rs 36.83 lakh for civil work and Rs 94.07 lakh for synthetic track work.

“We have sent a reminder to the Central Public Works Division (CPWD) to know the work schedule. We have earmarked the site near the swimming pool of the school and handed over the site to a CPWD team, who had visited the site in May and taken measurements and soil samples,” said school principal Jahan Singh.

“We also received Rs 1.27 crore from the Ministry of Sports for this project and have given the money to the CPWD.”

On the other hand, CPWD engineer D.B. Gupta said, “The sanction was received late, so the tendering process could not be completed.”

B K Pandey, CPWD assistant engineer who is looking after the Kendriya Vidyalaya project, said, “The athletic track was scheduled to be completed by middle of September. The administrative delay in sanctions delayed the project. We will finish the project by this September.”