By IANS,
New Delhi : Amidst complaints by several countries about the “substandard” conditions in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) Village, Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar visited the site Tuesday and asked officials to “clean up fast”, an official said.
Chandrasekhar instructed senior officials in the urban development ministry and the Organising Committee (OC) to clean up the Village fast and put the fixtures in order, a senior official told IANS.
In August, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked Chandrasekhar to coordinate with OC and speed up the arrangements for the Games, to be held from Oct 3 to 14.
New Zealand, Scotland, Canada and Ireland had complained of substandard upkeep and poor arrangements in the apartments allotted to their contingents.
The initial batches of athletes for the CWG are scheduled to check-in at the Village Thursday.
About 7,000 participants and officials from 71 countries and territories are expected to attend the Commonwealth Games, India’s biggest sporting event after the 1982 Asian Games.