Sports Minister MS Gill today claimed that the organisers for Commonwealth Games were trying to make up for the time that was lost due to the late start of the project work but assured that all the venues will be ready well in time.
Only yesterday, Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief Mike Fennell claimed that he was disappointed that some of the venues, including the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium which is to host the opening ceremony for the October 3-14 Games, will not be ready until June next year.
'Whatever time has been lost since 2003, we are trying to make up for that,' Gill told mediapersons here.
'Fennell has said it again and again that a lot of progress has been made of late and we are doing the catching up job,' he added.
Gill further lavished praise on the engineers for their dedicated support round the clock.
'The engineers are working hard, give them some credit. The workers from Bihar, Orissa, Bengal are also working hard and it's these people who are putting up the game and not me.
'God willing, I am sure we will get there in good time,' Gill said after his meeting with the Group of Ministers today.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit too admitted that she was a little 'nervous' but said she was confident as well that the national capital will deliver successful Games.
'I am not feeling comfortable. I'm rather nervous, but I think we can do it,' Dixit said.
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