panaji the rains have come as a welcome relief from the searing heat for all goans but for those tasked with completing the lusofonia games 2013 projects the onset of the monsoon on time has only added to their worries contractors involved in getting the infrastructure ready for the lusofonia games later this year have been dealt cruel blows as two of the four venues have been left without a room and two have missed deadlines the roof for the peddem sports complex in mapusa and the indoor stadium at goa university complex taleigao was to be ready before the onset of the monsoon but there are clear delays and those in the know said the roofs will not be ready till later this month crucially the athletic stadium at bambolim is also running behind schedule the first layer for the track has been laid but the second of the three layers for the synthetic track will have to wait until at least endaugust or early september when hopefully there will be a dry spell the second layer forms the cushion but can only be laid if there is a dry spell the layer should not absorb any moisture said a senior engineer tasked with monitoring the work at all centres the second layer according to the engineer can only be laid if there is a dry spell for at least a week a new date of endaugust has been set but if the rain persists there could be further delays the synthetic track was to be laid before the monsoon at the peddem sports complex however officials have managed to install the synthetic track although the roof for the adjoining complex scheduled to be up by may 25 is still not ready the work at bambolim would have completed on time but the malaysian officials who were to install the second layer had some problems with their visas said the official the rain has also wrecked plans to speed up work at the indoor stadium at the goa university complex already running behind schedule for varied reasons their work order was also issued late contractors have now been forced to increase the workforce and employ two additional cranes one of which has been sourced from neighbouring maharashtra in fatorda where the nehru stadium is being given a new look for the first time since the construction of the stadium inside a record seven months in 1989 the playfield is ready but work on the allimportant west stand is yet to pick up pace make no mistake everyone is making sacrifices and working beyond stipulated hours i for one make three visits everyday to all the sites to ensure that work does not get delayed said a senior engineer at the sports authority of goa all infrastructure for the lusofonia games must be ready on october 1 a month before the games for 12 portuguese speaking nations kicks off