Proteas to the rescue

Vuvuzelas not allowed

Proteas to the rescue

The Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games had sold more than 50,000 Vuvuzelas but ironically they were not allowed inside the Jawharlal Nehru Stadium for the opening ceremony on Sunday.

The pipe that reverberated this year's FIFA Football World Cup in South Africa became a bone of contention between the police and the spectators. A majority of the people carrying the pipe had to surrender it at the entry gate.

Subhash Arya, a resident of Ashok Nagar, who came prepared to blow his Vuvuzela was denied to take it inside the stadium. "I bought it for Rs 250 from the Organising Committee 'main officer' but now they are not allowing me to take it inside and I don't know where to keep it. There was no clear information available about the objects that are prohibited inside the stadium," he complained.

Another spectator had to throw his brand new Vuvuzela in the dustbin, as he was not allowed to carry it. "I had no choice either I could take Vuvuzela inside or I could take it back home and keep it. So I decided to throw it in the dustbin or give it to those who could not get the ticket," said Shekhar Gupta, a resident of Mayur Vihar.

However, later some of the spectators were allowed to carry their Vuvuzela inside the stadium.
It was left to the South African contingent to make the day for the spectators, as each member of the team was carrying his/her own Vuvuzela and when they marched in front of the crowd they blowed their pipes hard drawing huge cheers from the spectators.

While the merchandise partner claimed that the new Vuvuzelas are bigger and make more noise than the previous lot of a few hundred ones that were launched along with other merchandise about two weeks ago.
They are around Rs 100 costlier than the earlier ones and are ready to make the typical drone of the Vuvuzelas, the defining sound of the Games.

But the organisers decided not to sell these blow-horns to children that hit the headlines during this year's FIFA World Cup for creating nuisance with their collective noise in the stands, as they can be an ideal tool for ruckus.