The volunteers persistent complaints about stale food being served to them has finally got the Delhi government taking charge of serving good quality food to them. This comes after two caterers failed to deliver the quality and quantity required at such magnitude on a daily basis. The volunteers have been complaining that the food served to them did not taste good and even had a stale smell. Earlier, even the doctors across the Games venues were up in arms against bad quality food.

The Pakistani delegates for the Commonwealth Games, who were complaining of travelling restrictions for going out of Delhi on their visas, can now breathe in relief.

The Games are only two days away but the Organising Committee is yet to get its accreditation act in place. Apart from the 7,000 performing artistes who will participate at the opening ceremonies, accreditation for doctors selected for Games village and Games venue duties, as well as more than 10,000 volunteers, besides the workers who have deployed for sanitation works is yet to become a reality. It is also causing coordination problems and raised serious security concerns.

A special team of the Commonwealth Games Federation, which went on an inspection of the Games venues on Saturday, has asked the Delhi government and the Organising Committee to give explanation as to why the Rugby practice ground in the Delhi University premises is not ready yet.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which is investigating almost everything related to Commonwealth Games — from display boards to installation of air-conditioners — has now asked the CPWD and the PWD of the Delhi government to provide details of all the materials used in foot overbridges at various Commonwealth Games sites and other Games-related sites.

Officials of some foreign countries are promising not to put their sportspersons in harm’s way during Commonwealth Games amid mounting concerns about the dengue outbreak in Delhi.

The athletes and delegates will not begin arriving in Delhi from September 15, as was expected earlier. Thanks to the delays in finishing works of various Games venues, practice venues and more importantly the Games village, all the athletes and the delegates, who had made their bookings beginning September 15 have

While the Yamuna river, flowing at 205 metres on Thursday, crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres, posing a flood threat, the work at the Commonwealth Games Village near the Akshardham Temple is also likely to be stopped on Friday.

The Yamuna on Thursday again crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres and was flowing at 205.09 metres, posing a flood threat in the capital and the work at the Commonwealth Games Village at Akshardham is likely to see another stoppage on Friday. However, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that there was no need to panic.

The Commonwealth Games Village is not only fighting the dengue scare, even the furnishing work of the flats is yet to be completed. The athletes will begin streaming in from September 15.