Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games, here for an on the spot inspection of the facility.
Mr. Singh’s inspection visit comes as part of the series of steps he has taken to streamline and expedite the preparations for the October 3-14 mega event which have been rocked by a spate of corruption allegations.
The Prime Minister, accompanied by Sports Minister M S Gill and Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, went around the stadium and saw for himself the facilities and the work being done.
Mr. Singh was there at the stadium for over 20 minutes.
