Countries participating in this year’s Commonwealth Games here should not worry about security, said Sports Minister M.S. Gill on Monday, assuring that India will deliver an incident-free event.
“We have the Commonwealth Games in October and India is hosting an event of such a magnitude after a long time.
Security at any crowded event like this is a matter of concern worldwide. No one wants to take any chance,” Mr. Gill said in his address at the opening session of the seventh Asia/Oceanic Region Intergovernmental meeting on anti-doping in sports here.
“We are also looking into it closely. We are putting together every security mechanism to make sure we have a perfect Commonwealth Games to be remembered for generations to come,” he added.
The Games are scheduled from October 3 to 14 in the Indian capital.
Talking about doping, Mr. Gill said the menace is a world disease and needs to be eradicated as quickly as possible.
“This subject (doping) is of great importance to us. We put doping on top of our list. We have a WADA accredited laboratory NADA in the capital to create a clean and fair sporting environment in the country,” Mr. Gill said.
“We want to win medals at the international and national events with honour and pride and not by cheating. I want to reiterate that the Sports ministry is with the WADA, NADA and UNESCO in their fight against doping,” he added.
