PMO gives 24-hour ultimatum to Delhi govt

Workers renovate a pedestrian bridge in the backdrop of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the main venues of the Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. With less than two weeks before the games begin, frantic last-minute preparations are verging on chaos, international sports officials are furious, and the games have become an international embarrassment that could threaten plans for major sporting events in other developing nations. AP

With time running out and criticism of facilities mounting, a worried Prime Minister’s Office had on Wednesday directed the Delhi government to get all the cleanliness work completed “within 24 hours”. Which means by Friday morning, the Village should be fit for occupation.

Shocked further by the damaging pictures of “filth and unhygienic condition” of the flats in the Village beamed by the BBC on Thursday, Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit herself visited the area, doing rounds of all the towers and reviewing works being undertaken there.

The chief minister, already pushed to a corner by the tardy progress in works and for matters of hygiene, instructed the officials to work on a war-footing and finish cleaning up the place within 24 hours.

Deccan Herald is on WhatsApp Channels | Join now for Breaking News & Editor's Picks