Now, Rs 40 cr blimp for Commonwealth Games
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New Delhi: Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games are all set to break all records for spending money. Billed as the costliest Commonwealth Games ever, it's reportedly already crossed Rs 30,000 crore budget.
New Delhi: Delhi's 2010 Commonwealth Games are all set to break all records for spending money. Billed as the costliest Commonwealth Games ever, it's reportedly already crossed Rs 30,000 crore budget.
While this also includes an upgrade of the capital's infrastructure like roads and flyovers, not all of it will add to Delhi's quality of life.
The government plans to spend Rs 150 crore on a gala opening and closing ceremony which includes Rs 5 crore being paid to Oscar winner A R Rahman for the theme music.
But of this budget, a whopping Rs 40 crore will be spent to lease a helium blimp - a big balloon the gas for which apparently will also have to be imported.
The government plans to spend Rs 150 crore on a gala opening and closing ceremony which includes Rs 5 crore being paid to Oscar winner A R Rahman for the theme music.
But of this budget, a whopping Rs 40 crore will be spent to lease a helium blimp - a big balloon the gas for which apparently will also have to be imported.
From dedicated elevated flyovers for players, to a spectacular opening and closing ceremony, while the organising committee has promised Games we will not forget, the fact is that the organising committee has not been able to raise the level of sponsorships it had hoped to. And the question for many then is that once the Games are over who will foot the bill?
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