10 senior officials to oversee CWG projects
PTI
NEW DELHI, AUG 19
With questions raised over completion of Commonwealth Games projects in time, the government today announced appointment of 10 senior officials to oversee preparation of major venues of the event, a move seen as further stripping of powers of Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who had stepped in to clear the mess in the wake of controversies in the run-up to the games beginning October 3, approved the appointment of these experienced bureaucrats to solve coordination problems.
However, Kalmadi maintained these officers have been appointed at the request of the OC.
The officers have been empowered to take on-the-spot decisions to tie-up any loose ends or resolve conflicts between government agencies and organisations before the games, the cabinet secretariat said in its order.
Of the 10 officers, four are of the rank of additional secretary in the government and the rest joint secretaries.
They are Subhodh Kumar (AS-Telecom), S R Rao (AS-IT), R C Misra (AS-UD), Amarjeet Singh, Executive Director, Health Ministry, J S Deepak (JS-Commerce), Rohit Nandan (JS-Civil Aviation), Shashi Shekar (OSD-Power Trading Corporation), Tara Dutt (JS-Cabinet Secretariat), Gopala Krishna (Secretary, Sports Authority of India) and Rajeev Kapur (JS-Personnel and Training).
10 senior officials to oversee CWG projects
NEW DELHI, AUG 19 With questions raised over completion of Commonwealth Games projects in time, the government today announced appointment of 10 senior officials to oversee preparation of major venues of the event, a move seen as further stripping of powers of Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi.
