It's a rubbery problem at CWG village

yv2r
By yv2r

Use of condoms in Games Village, a positive story: Fennell

The plumbers reported this to the authorities. Since used condoms are not bio-degradable waste, they can choke the toilets.Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ( MCD) said the civic agency wasn't responsible for the management of the waste generated inside the Village. "We are not dealing with the garbage inside the Games Village towers. We haven't analysed the exact proportion of degradable and non-degradable garbage. It will be done after the Games," MCD's chief public relations officer Deep Mathur said.

The Delhi government has constituted 34 teams, headed by one officer each from the Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Civil Service (DANICS), to monitor housekeeping and cleanliness in the towers at the Village.Each team comprises electrical, plumbing, carpeting and housekeeping experts. A protocol team, headed by a DANICS official, has also been constituted for each tower.

So, when complaints of clogged toilets came, plumbers were promptly sent for cleaning. Condoms, being supplied free at the Games Village, are in huge demand. A large condom vending machine has been installed at the Village which contains at least 4,000 contraceptive packs.Officials said more than half the condoms in the machine have already been taken out. The condoms are available at the Games Village polyclinic.

"We have installed a big condom vending machine which contains at least 4,000 contraceptives.According to reports from the Village, more than 2,000 condoms have been used so far. We will refill the machine, if need be," a health official said.

The machine at the polyclinic contains four master cartons, each of which contains 960 packets and one packet contains two condoms.

To prevent the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases during the CWG, the National AIDS Control Organisation, the Delhi State AIDS Control Society and the Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust have also installed condom vending machines at various Games venues, hotels and markets.Around 129 machines have been installed across Delhi to make condoms available round the clock. People have been hired to take care of the machines.

"The machines at the Village and other venues have been branded in sync with the CWG theme to spread the message of ' Play Safe'," an official said.

Condoms are always in demand at all residential quarters for athletes during every big international sporting event.There was a shortage of condoms in the Vancouver Winter Olympics held in February this year. Health officials there had provided one lakh free condoms to roughly 7,000 athletes and officials, but the supply ran short within four days of the start of the event.

In the Beijing Olympics Village, too, one lakh condoms were supplied, but the authorities had to replenish the stock at the start of the second week itself.In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the initial batch of 70,000 condoms vanished within days and the authorities had to order 20,000 on an emergency basis.

By Neetu Chandra in New Delhi

By roy_dig• 9 Oct 2010 19:09
roy_dig

Wish I was Athlete :(

By anonymous• 8 Oct 2010 17:23
anonymous

culprit??

Is having sex a crime?

By kathlee• 8 Oct 2010 17:22
kathlee

LOL...who must be the culprit...they must check the pharmacies surely everyone is overloaded with rubbers...

don't put all the blame on the villagers...everything for free is challenging, exciting and exhausting...

By kathlee• 8 Oct 2010 17:22
kathlee

LOL...who must be the culprit...they must check the pharmacies surely everyone is overloaded with rubbers...

don't put all the blame on the villagers...everything for free is challenging, exciting and exhausting...

By britexpat• 8 Oct 2010 14:48
britexpat

Hold on .... What if ................ and this is posible ............ the Athletes are screwing each other to weaken the opposition ??

By anonymous• 8 Oct 2010 14:44
anonymous

People must be using that as balloons...

Inject a condom with helium gas... and what a sight it would be...

By yv2r• 7 Oct 2010 17:26
yv2r

Unless the girl friends of the players are allowed duringthe matches here,consumption of such large numbers of condoms will not arise unless gays are more here during matches

By anonymous• 7 Oct 2010 17:13
anonymous

An official comment: "If that is happening, it shows there is use of condoms and I think that's a very positive story, that athletes are being responsible."

By amalp• 7 Oct 2010 17:05
amalp

doha.king ;( lol

By doha.king• 7 Oct 2010 16:09
doha.king

CONDOM WEALTH GAME....

By Mr M.• 7 Oct 2010 16:07
Mr M.

The athletes just can't stay away from love-making even during this period,but looking at the hot bodies of the female swimmers,any man would go weak at the knees :)

By cherukkan• 7 Oct 2010 16:07
cherukkan

Disgusting!

By anonymous• 7 Oct 2010 16:06
anonymous

Behave respected lady :P

By Hawk10• 7 Oct 2010 15:51
Rating: 5/5
Hawk10

It means they are playing less and using condoms more. At this scale, Qatar will need minimum 500 million Condoms for their FIFA World Cup 2022. Contractors need to bid as early as possible, it is a good opportunity.

By Ice Maiden• 7 Oct 2010 15:49
Ice Maiden

Drmana, Kya kare....

Trans...*sighs*

By drmana• 7 Oct 2010 15:47
drmana

Lol Ice...

By Stone Cold• 7 Oct 2010 15:47
Stone Cold

deleted

By Ice Maiden• 7 Oct 2010 15:45
Ice Maiden

Well, in the land of Kama Sutra....

By anonymous• 7 Oct 2010 15:43
anonymous

A little hijack

Stone, since when Qatar has become "She" ?

By anonymous• 7 Oct 2010 15:41
anonymous

lols ..:D

By Stone Cold• 7 Oct 2010 15:40
Stone Cold

Surely the service workers associated with this has to be imported in, internationally. A good point that Qatar should take note, in case she is preparing and hosting FIFA WC in future.

By gudone• 7 Oct 2010 15:38
gudone

OMG....

By ajmani• 7 Oct 2010 15:35
ajmani

70k condoms in 3 days! Man, is there a tournament for such activities as well? Is it common wealth games or promoting love during these games :)

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