India says good bye to Commonwealth Games-14/10/10

14/10/2010

India says good bye to Commonwealth Games

India's favourite sports song Chak De, soulful Sufi and classical tunes and traditional Bagpiper music of Scotland will bring alive the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games today.



Another highlight of the 50-minute show will be Vande Mataram to be performed by 2,010 schoolchildren. While the spectacular opening extravaganza of the Games on October 3 had laid emphasis on traditional dance forms and instruments, the closing ceremony is being packed with heavy dose of popular songs including Chak De India to be rendered by Sukhwinder, Allah ke Bande by Kailash Kher and Ab Ke Sawan by Shubha Mudgal.

Indian idol winner Sriram is also set to enthral the audience at the cultural programme. esides this, 400 artistes from Scotland will perform to the tunes of traditional Bagpiper music at the Stadium inviting all to visit Glasgow for the 2014 Games.

"The Scottish team will perform for 10 minutes in the closing ceremony. They will showcase their traditional music and dance," said Bharat Bala, creative director of the event.



The show will kick off with about 800 artistes drawn from Kerala, Punjab, Manipur, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu who will perform Indian martial arts. Dubbed as 'Agni', the martial art show is being conceived by the well-known choreographer Samudra.

"The closing ceremony will be different from the opening event with more music and songs.

Popular singers like Sunidhi Chauhan and Shankar Mahadevan will perform in the show," said an organiser. A laser show coupled with spectacular fireworks will be part of the grand finale. The laser equipment have been imported from Europe to create special effects like sea waves and graphics with beams to light up the sky. However, Commonwealth Games theme song composer A R Rahaman will not be present at the closing event.



Don't take coins, helmets, glass containers, backpacks or bottles along with you to watch the closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games tomorrow. These are among 40 items banned by Delhi Police to spectators heading to Jawaharlal Nehru stadium to watch the gala closing ceremony. One cannot also take firearms, sharp-edged weapons, toy-gun, handicam and video cameras, eatables except baby food, torn-up papers, crackers, matchbox, umbrella, spray paint, skate board, laser light, balloon and flag pole. The prohibited list also include animals, pushcart, hockey stick, tiffin box and whistle.

The Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium will turn into a virtual fortress for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on Thursday as hundreds of armed men will be deployed around the structure and spectators will have to undergo checks at four security points.



Around 7,500 security personnel will be deployed in and around the stadium, which has a capacity of 60,000 seats, while IAF choppers will survey the skies and snipers at rooftops will keep a hawk-eye vigil.

A four-layered security cordon will be thrown around the stadium for the closing ceremony. It has 19 entry points where card readers, door frame metal detectors and X-Ray baggage machines have been installed.

Mobile quick reaction teams will be deployed on the outer perimeter of the venue besides keeping a close watch through CCTV surveillance. At the outer cordon of the stadium, traffic will be stopped and access controlled.
At the middle cordon, securitymen will channelise the spectators to their designated seats while in the inner cordon, the barcode reading of tickets will take place and the spectators' photos captured.



At the centre will be the exclusion zone which is in the 30m radius of the stadium, where spectators and guests will undergo a check through door frame metal detectors and X-Ray scanning besides manual searching.
Only those with valid parking stickers will be allowed near the stadium.

Delhi police yesterday came out with an advisory for those headed to the stadium for the closing ceremony, saying it has learnt lessons from the difficulties faced by spectators during the inaugural extravaganza.
Its advisory include information on blockage and restrictions on roads and which metro station to alight on if one has to enter the stadium through a particular gate.

There are three metro stations -- Jorbagh, JLN and Jangpura -- near the stadium and for example, if someone has to enter the stadium through Gate No 6, he has to get down at Jorbagh station and not any other station.

Source: Agencies