The Great Debate (India)
What can ICC do to avoid rush for World Cup tickets?
The website selling just 1000 tickets for the cricket World Cup final in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on April 2 crashed seconds after they went on sale on Monday sparking furious complaints from fans.
ICC official ticketing partner KyaZoonga.com buckled under the pressure of huge traffic.
Of the 31,000 seats at the Wankhede stadium, only 4000 are available to the public — 1000 online while another 3000 will be sold later for those who queue up at stadium box offices.
The rest are distributed among the ICC and clubs affiliated to the Mumbai Cricket Association.
With such a small proportion available to the general public in a cricket-crazy country, it is little wonder that there has been a mad scramble for tickets.
What can the ICC do to avoid this? Share your views.
Indian dilemma — To Nano or not to Nano
Tata Motors is launching the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, on March 23. Bookings open in the second week of April and the 100,000-rupee car is slated to hit Indian roads before July.
As D-day draws near, excitement is palpable among the middle-class. Dealers are reporting thousands of enquires daily for the “people’s car”.
But do Indian cities have space for the Nano on their roads? New Delhi is already bursting at its seams with cars big and small — and it’s a problem that’s fast spreading to other cities.
A year ago, R.K. Pachauri, head of the U.N. body on climate change, had said the Tata Nano was not the transport option for the one billion people of India.
Do the people have any other option?
It is the perfect people’s car. I hope more people go for the smaller car as it promises 23 km mileage as its a very small car and very environment friendly .Even if NANO wasn’t launched people would have bought Maruti 800 in equal numbers .It is up to the government to improve the infrastructure like roads , create more flyover . It might clog up the big cities but not much of an impact on B tier cities and rural area .Provides excellent safety to families from road accidents who travel on 2 wheelers .
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The Wall
As long as there are so few tickets on offer, this situation will continue. 1,000 out of 31,000 tickets on sale online — this is a joke. At least 10,000 should be sold online, 15,000 at the venue and only about 6,000 reserved for VIPs or sold at concessional rates to cricket clubs.