Fennell seeks PM's intervention to expedite CWG preparation

NEW DELHI: Miffed with the capital's tardy preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, CGF President Michael Fennel has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to put things in order.

With barely a year to go for the October 3-14 event, Fennell has shot a letter to the Organising Committee of Delhi Games, saying he has asked Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi to arrange next month a meeting with the Prime Minister.

"With only a year to run until the Games, I feel I must personally brief the Prime Minister of India on the lack of preparations and to seek his input in developing an appropriate recovery plan," wrote a furious Fennell.

"As you know, I have asked the Chairman of the Organising Committee to facilitate such a meeting on my return to Delhi in early October for our General Assembly," he said.

"I am looking forward to some urgent actions in order to bring about the successful celebration of the Games in 2010," Fennell wrote.

Fennells' fear was substantiated by a CGF Coordination Commission report which predicted partial failure of the Games.