Thaindian News

London, Oct 14 (IANS) Scottish performers didn’t get their security passes on time as organisers of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony carried out a string of last minute changes, a media report Thursday said.

As many as 350 volunteers from Scotland are to take part in an eight-minute show to promote the next CWG to be held in Glasgow in 2014.

Daily Telegraph reported that Wednesday night, officials had not issued security accreditation passes to 40 of the performers.

Also, British officials and Glasgow Games Organising Committee members were clueless about when they would perform.

Though they feel that the issue will be resolved in time, they are concerned the growing Indian programme could affect broadcast times and the television audience for Glasgow’s showcase.

Insiders said that the confusion was “par for the course”.

Indian officials Wednesday night were still working on a new plan to include a performance by disabled dancers, the media report said.

A spokesman for the Commonwealth Games Federation admitted that there were problems in issuing accreditation passes to some Scottish performers, but quickly added that its security advisors had been told by a top police official that the issue would be resolved.

“The Indian creative-ideas people have been through changes in the last week, but we have an eight-minute segment and that’s not affected,” a Glasgow Games spokesman was quoted as saying.