Cleaning at Games village: CM, cabinet secretary review progress

Racing against time to complete work at much-criticised Games Village, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar and top brass of the Organising Committee today made a detailed review of the progress of the 'clean up operation' at the complex.

"The meeting reviewed progress of work at the Village and steps needed further to plug the remaining loopholes. It was decided to complete all works by Wednesday," top sources told PTI.

Admitting that there have been "severe problems" in some of the rooms in the Village complex, they said the meeting decided to make the rooms livable by Wednesday. 

They said from now onwards, everything in the Games Village will be controlled amd monitored jointly by Dikshit and Chandrasekhar.

The meeting was attended by Organising Committee vice-chairman Randhir Singh and several other OC officials, besides top officials of the Delhi Government, DDA, MCD and NDMC.

In the meeting, Dikshit is understood to have expressed dismay over lack of cooperation from DDA in improving the condition at the village.

Amid strong criticism by the international delegates who dubbed the Village as "filthy and uninhabitable", PMO on Wednesday night had directed Delhi government to take control of the complex from the Delhi Development Authority.