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Volunteer woes for Commonwealth Games

Updated on: 22 April,2010 08:37 AM IST  | 
Amit Singh |

Students who will be the 'face' of the mega sporting event threaten to pull out over 'bad management'

Volunteer woes for Commonwealth Games

Students who will be the 'face' of the mega sporting event threaten to pull out over 'bad management'

Allegations are that they are not ready with security arrangements and even the infrastructure is yet to be put in place. But the organising committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games seems unperturbed about such details.

It seems that matters like arranging adequate toilets for the athletes and getting volunteers for managing the games are issues, which are yet to be addressed. The committee aims to get 30,000 volunteers from different walks of life to organise the mega sporting event. Out of the total 30,000 volunteers more than 5,000 were to be students.

However, scholars from the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) ufffd from where the majority of


student volunteers have to comeu00a0 ufffd are threatening to pull out, alleging that out of the 5,915 students who got themselves registered, more than 1,000 have not been informed about the timings or dates for the interview.




Vibhor Anand, a third year law student, who also heads a volunteer team said, "The interviews are conducted in the most unprofessional manner. I have already given the interview but I got an SMS on Wednesday that my interview is scheduled for Thursday. When I enquired, they told me that I have filled the form twice. However, I have not done so."

The first batch of around 2,000 students has already been interviewed between March 23rd and April 5th.

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