Kalmadi, also the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman, reiterated that the preparations are on schedule.

"We are bang on schedule and all the infrastructure development would be over by December 2009," Kalmadi said. The IOA chief also oozed confidence on India winning the bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

"The bid will be decided in 2013 and I think we are well on course to showcasing ourselves as a good venue to host the Olympics," he said.

Kalmadi said the first step towards showcasing India as a world-class venue was the Commonwealth Youth Games scheduled from October 12 to 18 in Pune.

"The Youth Games are a build-up to CWG 2010 which are just 800 days away. This will be the third edition of the Youth Games but it is for the first time that all the Commonwealth countries have confirmed participation," he said.

The previous two editions of the Youth Games were held in England and Australia and not even half of the Commonwealth nations participated in them.

The Pune Games will be the biggest in terms of participation with over 1300 athletes competing in nine disciplines - Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

And in an initiative to take the Games to all parts of the country, the organisers have planned a 74-day Baton Relay, first ever in the Games, starting August 1.

The relay will cover nine states, 199 cities and cover a distance of 8000 kms and the baton will be carried through to Pune by 6000 athletes and 7500 volunteers.

The relay would be flagged off from the capital at the Delhi University.

"Pune has everything ready and rest assured it will be a very successful Games. The city has all the infrastructure in place," assured Kalmadi.

Kalmadi said the Pune Games would be promoted as Green Games and the baton will be used to collect water from every city that it would travel.

On reaching Pune, the collected water from the Indian cities would be added to the water brought from the other 71 nations to create a 'Fountain of Youth'.