Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 21-09-10 07:49:37
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11379020
Excerpts from BBC:
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The Commonwealth Games Federation head has demanded the Indian government take immediate steps to improve conditions at the athletes' village in Delhi.
Delegates from four teams described the accommodation as filthy, unhygienic and unfit for human habitation.
But organisers of the event, which runs from 3 to 14 October, said they would provide an "excellent facility".
Meanwhile, at least 19 people were injured as a footbridge collapsed near the main Games venue.
This is the latest embarrassment for organisers of Delhi's Commonwealth Games.
The Games village - made up of several blocks of high-rise luxury flats for the athletes who are due to begin arriving on Friday - was meant to be the event's showpiece.
The chief of the organising committee, Suresh Kalmadi, had said it would be better than the village at the Beijing Olympics.
Now his words are coming back to haunt him. Advance teams have described the state of the flats as shocking.
The village itself has been built on the banks of the Yamuna river. Just outside it are pools of green, stagnant water left over from flooding after Delhi's worst monsoon in three decades.
It's a breeding ground for mosquitoes and has raised fears of disease - there have been nearly 100 cases of dengue fever over the past month.
The organisers now certainly have their work cut out.
The steel walkway was being built to link the car park with the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium.
It is the latest setback to an event which has been plagued by construction delays, allegations of corruption and mismanagement, and a dengue fever outbreak in the Indian capital.
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Dimple2001
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 21-09-10 08:58:05
Sorry...there's another thread by KumarM with the same topic. Let's discuss there as that poster put it up first.
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