Dikshit slams DDA, builder for CWG Village mess

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday claimed that there was no deadline to clean up the Commonwealth Games Village even though a little more than half of the flats are ready to be occupied. Dikshit also blamed the Delhi Development Authority and DA and Emaar MGF for delay in handing over the Commonwealth Games Village.

"I won't give you a time lag as you stick to that time lag. It depends on how dry it has become, how quickly the water is removed from the basement and how quickly the lifts are working. As we are getting them minus these two, we are cleaning up the rooms, we are cleaning up the public areas. These will be very good Games. We are racing against time but we will perform," said Dikshit.

More than half of the 4,000 rooms are livable now and work on the remaining 1600 rooms will be completed by Wednesday, the deadline announced by Dikshit on Sunday morning.

But the big problem remains the lifts. Lifts in 10 of the 34 towers are still not functioning because of waterlogged basement.

Dikshit also criticised Commonwealth Games CEO Mike Hooper's reported comments on the capital's population.

"It is really a very unkind and undiplomatic remark that has been made," Dikshit said.

She added that the work at the Games Village would be over very soon.