He breezes in and out of his ninth floor office here, attending unending meetings in between making flying visits to Commonwealth Games venues to check progress.
He breezes in and out of his ninth floor office here, attending unending meetings in between making flying visits to Commonwealth Games venues to check progress. Even as his detractors want him held guilty for all the sleaze that has come to be associated with India's biggest sporting show and the country races against time to finish preparations, Suresh Kalmadi, the man in the hot seat, is unfazed.
Kalmadi, who looks much younger and fitter than his 66 years, is clocking close to an 18-hour work day as chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC). He says he is game for any battle or inquiry.
CGOC secretary Lalit Bhanot said that the chairman has 37 functional areas under him and takes special care in meeting officials of all the departments concerned. "His series of meetings start from early in the day at his residence and there are no fixed schedule. Everyday Kalmadi will make sure to meet the officer in charge of all the functional areas that are under him," Bhanot told IANS.
After a shower and a quick bite, Kalmadi is all set for the CGOC headquarters. "He sticks to his time. Everyday he is in by 9.30 am sharp. If he is not at the office, he is attending some meeting or the other elsewhere or visiting the stadiums," said the receptionist at the Games headquarters.
Bhanot said that Kalmadi is the last to leave the headquarters. "This happens everyday. For the last one year I have never seen him leaving before 10 pm," said Bhanot.
