2010 will show India has already arrived on global stage: Reddy

Union Minister for Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy today said the successful conduct of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) here later this year would convey to the world at large that India has already arrived on the global stage. ''Organising the Games is a great national task and I am sure we will deliver the best Games,'' he said.

Reddy, who heads the Group of Ministers overseeing the co-ordination and development work for the Games, paid a visit to the headquarters of the Organising Committee here this morning and assured it of the Government's full support.

''I am sure we will be able to get all venues ready well in time,'' he said, adding,''The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is totally committed to the conduct of the Games.'' The minister complimented Kalmadi as a great organiser and a doer and said, as the head of the Group of Ministers overseeing the Games, his job was to provide fillip to the process and strengthen the OC Chairman's hands. He said it was important for India to make the most of the awareness created by the Commonwealth Games.

''We did not follow up the 1982 Asiad very well and we must do it now,'' he asserted.

Kalmadi thanked Reddy for his support and guidance and said things had started moving quickly after he was named to lead the Group of Ministers overseeing the preparation for the CWG.