The 2010 Commonwealth Games is going to be held in
New Delhi. New Delhi is going to provide best ever accommodation
facility to all athletes and officials attending the game. For this a
completely new state-of -the-art Games Village is to be developed by
Delhi Development Authority with an estimated cost of about $ 230
million. The Village is to be developed along the bank of river Yamuna
off National Highway No. 24 near Akshardham Temple at the Noida Mor.
This is going to be a perfect location considering its surrounding
filled with green scenic beauties, proximity to excellent visiting sites
and having connected with excellent means of road and rail networks.
According to the plan the completely new Games Village is to spread over
63.5 hectares of land. The ambitious project is going to accommodate
about 8500 participating athletes and attending officials.
Atithi Devo Bhava is the trademark of Indian ways of hospitality and
service to guest where guest is treated as God. This is to be the
cornerstone of hospitality and services provides to athletes and
officials at the Games Village. The Games Village is all set to
translate traditional Indian hospitality into the best standard of
comfort ever seen by the participating teams. One cannot but must
appreciate its lush green environment studded with lofty trees, green
pastures and crop fields. This complex is surely going to give a
soothing and relaxing avenue to the athletes to recover from tiredness
and exhaustion. The most important advantage of the Commonwealth Games
Village is the presence of some world famous site like Akshardham
Temple, Red Fort, India Gate, Qutab Minar and Humayun's Tomb.
Besides natural and locational advantage government is going to make
arrangements to make traveling of athletes an easy and comfortable
affair. Therefore all the sporting venues are within the range of 10 km
to 15 km distance from the Games Village. They can be easily reached
within 10-15 munites from the Games Village. Delhi government is all set
to connect the Games village with other venues of the Commonwealth Games
by high quality roads and metro rail networks for smooth commuting of
athlete, official and spectators.
