Originally Posted by coffindodger (Post 8867474)

Yes more bad news for the Games which are supposed to start in a few days time.
After the bridge collasped yesterday , now a ceiling has collasped in the weight lifting arena.
The Commonwealth Games has been thrown into more chaos after a ceiling collapsed at the weightlifting arena - a day after a footbridge collapsed, injuring 27 people.
It comes as Scotland said it was delaying sending its athletes to Delhi over health and safety fears.

Some of the world's top athletes have already pulled out amid widespread anger over India's last-minute preparations for the Games, which are due to start in 11 days.

Buildings are unfinished, two structures have now collapsed at the main stadium, and the athlete's village is said to be filthy.
On Monday, 27 people were injured - five critically - when a footbridge linking a parking area with the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium collapsed.

In another embarrassment, a false ceiling came down on Tuesday at the stadium's 2,500-capacity weighlifting arena.
The shooting of two foreign visitors by suspected militants combined with a dengue fever epidemic, heavy monsoon rains, delayed construction, and traffic chaos have only added to the safety fears.



http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...afety_Concerns

Originally Posted by Madam Medusa (Post 8867490)

it's not looking good, is it...

MM, xx

Originally Posted by ctfc (Post 8867525)

Would have to be a real whizz at PR to rescue this one...up for the challenge? :eek:

Originally Posted by ctfc (Post 8867525)

Would have to be a real whizz at PR to rescue this one...up for the challenge? :eek:

Originally Posted by ctfc (Post 8867525)

Would have to be a real whizz at PR to rescue this one...up for the challenge? :eek:

Originally Posted by glynster (Post 8867864)

I think the problem obviously lies here in the middle east as we have all the best Indian engineers, managers etc over here.
How were they ever going to cope without them?

Originally Posted by coffindodger (Post 8867474)

Yes more bad news for the Games which are supposed to start in a few days time.
After the bridge collasped yesterday , now a ceiling has collasped in the weight lifting arena.
The Commonwealth Games has been thrown into more chaos after a ceiling collapsed at the weightlifting arena - a day after a footbridge collapsed, injuring 27 people.
It comes as Scotland said it was delaying sending its athletes to Delhi over health and safety fears.

Some of the world's top athletes have already pulled out amid widespread anger over India's last-minute preparations for the Games, which are due to start in 11 days.

Buildings are unfinished, two structures have now collapsed at the main stadium, and the athlete's village is said to be filthy.
On Monday, 27 people were injured - five critically - when a footbridge linking a parking area with the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium collapsed.

In another embarrassment, a false ceiling came down on Tuesday at the stadium's 2,500-capacity weighlifting arena.
The shooting of two foreign visitors by suspected militants combined with a dengue fever epidemic, heavy monsoon rains, delayed construction, and traffic chaos have only added to the safety fears.




http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...afety_Concerns

Originally Posted by glynster (Post 8867864)

I think the problem obviously lies here in the middle east as we have all the best Indian engineers, managers etc over here.
How were they ever going to cope without them?

Originally Posted by lionheart (Post 8869890)

Having seen the "arena ceiling collapse" on TV this morning, I had to laugh. It was only 3-4 polystyrene suspended ceiling tiles, which had obviously been poorly affixed. Hardly the catastrophic scenario described by most of the media.

Originally Posted by Bonny Boy (Post 8869960)

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story......

It seems our pampered and cosseted 'athletes' have moved on from the Spartan ideal.