The Commonwealth Games by all accounts went off well. That it was headed for a disaster will soon be forgotten. If we do get the 2020 Olympics there is every likelihood that we will again prepare for it in the same manner.
A large complex project, involving multiple government agencies, with no option of slippage requires a highly skilled and motivated management team. And since the national image is involved, the team must have access to, and the whole-hearted support of, the highest rungs of the political leadership. Suitable talent should be shortlisted. The UID project, headed by Nandan Nilekani, brought in with the status of a Minister of State in the Union cabinet, should be the model.
Based on the current experience, we need to create a project plan - complete wih check lists (e.g. signs near building housing the ozzie team saying,"Beware of Falling Refrigerators:-). The project plan must be periodically reviewed and updated since financial conditions, technology, security environment, facilty benchmarks, vendors, ,, all will change. The sports ministry should do this, if we are serious about conducting the 2020 Olympics.
Holding enquiries into alleged siphoning of funds, punishing the guilty, assuming any are found, is all very well, but it will not reduce the chances a repetition.
For that we need to do the Hansei.
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