GANDHINAGAR: Even as the Gujarat government has begun putting up infrastructure for Ahmedabad to bid for hosting the 2036 Olympic Games, the state government has indicated that it could bid for Ahmedabad hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. This even as Australia's Victoria on Tuesday pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, citing ballooning costs.
Sources in the Gujarat government informed that it had been preparing for Ahmedabad to make a bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and had set itself a target of completing all infrastructure work by 2028, but it is now actively considering the prospect of bidding to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and is hopeful that the Union government be in favour of Ahmedabad bidding to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
