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PANAJI
A review meeting of the National Games technical committee along with various State associations was held on Saturday at 3pm at SAG conference hall, Dr SPM Stadium, Goa University.
Goa Olympic Association (GOA) Secretary General Gurudatta Bhakta convened the meeting which went on for nearly two hours. Mukesh Kumar (chairman); SM Bali and Dushant Singh, members of the GTCC (Games Technical Conduct Committee), met presidents, secretaries and / or authorised representatives of various State sports associations where the progress made on national games and infrastructure works were reviewed.
Earlier in the day, GTCC and GOA officials inspected various venues to take stock of infrastructure works, along with Mahesh Rivonker from SAG.
While interacting with association members, GTCC officials expressed confidence that the Games will go on as per schedule, although they admitted they were not fully satisfied.
“There are some questions which we have to forwarded to the chief secretary. We are not 100 percent satisfied. One issue for us is projects, which we are asking them to complete by February, which we have been informed they will do. As per the interest shown by the chief secretary, we think the games will be held on time”, stated chairman Mukesh Kumar.
Gurudatta Bhakta echoed similar sentiments.
“We had an international committee which came to inspect the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium when it was under construction and they said it is impossible for this stadium to be ready for the Lusofonia Games. Once the stadium was complete, Merculanho Marchon from Mozambique gave a
press note to the media saying this is incredible India, this can happen only in
India.
So be rest assured that the government is on the games, it will happen, we need our teams to be ready with everything.
Very shortly, our committees will start working.”
