Fears for Games recede as Delhi ‘fixes the problems’

THE Commonwealth Games Federation signalled yesterday that Delhi was succeeding in fixing the problems that have brought the event to the brink of disaster, with fears receding about its cancellation.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh summoned ministers to a crisis meeting and Delhi’s chief minister, Sheila Dikshit, oversaw the deployment of hundreds of staff to clean the athletes’ village.

“There has been progress and there is more to do,” said Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Games Federation, adding that there had been a “significant additional resource deployment“, with the event over a week away.