Fennell meets Cabinet Secretary

September 24, 2010 05:25 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 09:37 pm IST - New Delhi

Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell on Friday met Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekar to take stock of the preparation of the October 3-14 Delhi mega-event.

In an hour-long meeting held at the Cabinet Secretariat, Mr. Fennell is understood to have discussed issues relating to concerns of various participating countries over sanitation and other problems in the living quarters at the Games Village and security issues.

Organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi was also present in the meeting, along with senior officials of Delhi government and chief secretary Rakesh Mehra here.

Delhi police commissioner, Y.S. Dadwal was also present in the meeting.

Earlier, Fennell, accompanied by Mr. Kalmadi, Secretary General Randhir Singh and CGF CEO Mike Hooper, took stock of the arrangements at the athletes Village, which was dubbed “filthy and uninhabitable” by visiting international delegates a couple of days ago.

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