CWG misses yet another deadline: Ticket sales
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
NEW DELHI: Last Friday, the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games had announced with great fanfare that physical ticket sales to the public would commence on August 25.
And so, Pushpender Sharma, a student and an athlete, reached OC headquarters at 9am sharp to buy a ticket. Nine hours later, he still hadn't got one.
"Officials at the OC headquarters sent me to the Central Bank, Parliament street branch. The tickets were not available there either. They told me to come back at 3pm, then I was told to return at six. This is no way to treat people who wish to be a part of the CWG," fumed Sharma. He wasn't the only one complaining.
Officials at various outlets of Central Bank of India and Hero Honda - the OC's official ticketing partners - admitted that many customers turned up in the morning, but had to go back disappointed. Said B S Harilal, assistant general manager at Central Bank of India (Parliament Street), "We kept sending people back through the day. More than 100 people turned up at our branch. We had to inform them that tickets were not available and they would have to return at 3pm. Finally, at 7 pm, we were able to sell tickets."
The scene was repeated across almost all the outlets designated by the OC for ticket sale. TOI, which visited around 10 sites, saw empty counters and disgruntled customers at every site.
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