Should india host d commonwealth games spending thousands of crores when on the other hand, people are dying of poverty..??

Hi Ashutosh,

Its really good that you are worried about the poor and down trodden
people.. and also abt the hard earned tax payers money.. yes our
country has the lakhs of people earnin less than 2 $ a day.. but thats
only one side of the story..

u need to remember that we are a developing super power... and its not
enough if we proclaim ourself as one but the world has to accept our
version.. events like the cwg propel our status to new heights because
not every other country can organise a grand event like this with
around 6,700 athletes from 53 countries. ( do you think a country like
pakistan can host one no hard feelings.. using it jus as an example).

you must realise that people all over the world still see india as a
country which is full of poverty and people who are illiterate and
superstitious (hard to believe but true...!!) events like these force
them to change their vision about our country.

organising an event as big as this... successfully... proves our point
to the world that india is a safe country.. by all means to tour
invest.. both help in accumulating valuable forex, not all at once but
over a period of time surely.

our athletes can get a taste of world class facilities, train
themselves to perform better.. because winning a medal is always a
matter of pride for the entire nation.

only 28,054 cr Rs were officially spent on developing the
infrastructure to host the games.. (refer
httptimesofindia.indiatimes.comsportscommonwealth-
games-2010newsRs-28054-crore-spent-on-Commonwealth-Games-
Reddyarticleshow6282261.cms ) & also remember lots of daily laborers
mostly from uttar pradesh, rajasthan and haryana would have also
earned their bread thanks to cwg. ( not all the money has gone into
pockets of corrupt officials.. thank god )

Yes, we face a lots of problems on our domestic front, problems like
over population, poverty, illiteracy, health, development of basic
amenities and infra structure, corruption, terrorism, separatism,
communalism and what not... strangle us daily..but it should not stop
us from reaching new heights, heights which only other countries can
dream of.. thats why we send missions to the moon, develop indigenous
missiles and of course host international events like these etc.. to
show the world that we are second to none.

yes prodigal expenditure has been done for organizing the games and
careful scrutiny could have saved atleast 5,000 cr.
(but thats how our country runs). hopefully justice will find its own
course and the corrupt officials would be punished. but events like
this are definitely need to be held..though not at the expense of the
poor but certainly along side the welfare programs undertaken for
their upliftment.

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