Shoddy state before Games begin

With only half-a-month to go till the start of the Bangladesh Games, half of the venues for the mega extravaganza have not been prepared yet, while events like swimming will probably be held without electronic devices at the Syed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex in Mirpur.
The Eighth edition of Games is scheduled to take place from April 20-28 in the capital.
A total of 20 venues will host 357 gold events of 31 disciplines but the venues like swimming complex, athletic track at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Shaheed Tajuddin Wooden Floor Gymnasium, Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Basketball Gymnasium, Handball Stadium, Ramna Tennis Complex, Volleyball Stadium, Kabaddi Stadium, NSC Gymnasium are yet to be ready for the 10 disciplines. Among those venues, the conditions of swimming complex and athletic track are the worst.
The electronic device at the swimming complex, installed during the 1993 SA Games, has already expired but the Bangladesh Swimming Federation (BSF) made it functional during the national meets. It had been evident that the electronic scoreboard has broken down many times during the meets and the rest of events were recorded with hand-timing.
The electronic scoreboard is at present not functional and the federation is therefore thinking of holding the events of swimming with hand timers.
The athletic track, which was damaged during the Grand Concert following the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup in 2011 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, has still not been repaired in two years. A total of 28 damages were found in the post-concert assessment and the condition of the 100m sprint track was the worst, with big holes causing injury hazards for any athletes. The electronic timer at the BNS too, is still uncertain, as the process of the installation has not started yet.
Recently the organising committee of the Bangladesh Games had requested the National Sports Council (NSC) to renovate those venues including amplifying lights, repair wooden floors, installing of electronic boards, electronic timer, and supplying non-stop electricity during the games.
The NSC has already taken the initiation to repair the wooden floors at Tajuddin Gymnasium and Dhanmondi Gymnasium and painting works and light-amplifying works at some different venues but they could not ensure whether they would be able to install the electronic device at swimming pool and repair the damage at the athletic track.
“We have estimated a budget of Tk 1 crore and nine lakh for the renovation works at different venues and already started some works at some venues but it is not possible to install a new electronic board at the swimming pool before the Games,” said NSC director (planning and finance) Habibur Rahman adding that he had no idea about the present condition of the athletic track, which was supposed to be repaired soon after damages were found.
The NSC has also said that there is the need to renovate the torch at the BNS as the gas-line was cut down soon after the completion of the 2010 SA Games in a bid to avert the gas bill.