Delhi's shiny netball stadium, with high-tech, energy-efficient glass and solar panels, is one of new green facilities at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. (Mihira Lakshman)
A year from now, the eyes of the sporting world will be on India, as the country's capital prepares to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games Oct. 3-14.
With the one-year countdown officially on, there are serious concerns that Delhi won't be able to pull it off.
"Two years before the Games, I had told the organizing committee that time was not your friend," Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell told reporters after an October meeting of representatives in Delhi. "And now, one year before it, I say, time is your enemy.".
Construction delays causing concern:-
As workers put in the final panes of glass and size up the solar panels at Delhi's shiny new netball stadium, engineer Umesh Bhansal beams with pride.
"We feel proud," he said. "But we are also under tremendous pressure to complete all the venues by December."
Bhansal's tasks seem to be going according to schedule, but it's a different story at many other venues.
Weeks before it's due for a final inspection, the national field hockey stadium is far from ready.
The playing surface is a messy mix of grey and maroon, full of mud and gravel. The bleachers are still missing — no seats for spectators, just row upon row of stone steps.
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