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CWG Mess

Updated: May 25, 2012, 07:25 PM IST
Footprints of stray dogs can be clearly seen on this bed in the village
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Footprints of stray dogs can be clearly seen on this bed in the village
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Danger Exposed cables and huge holes in the building work can be seen in these pictures
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Worry Several top athletes have already pulled out of the Commonwealth Games
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Many of the participating nations, including England, Scotland and Wales, have complained that the athlete's village is not fit for human habitation.
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The organisers on Thursday drafted in 1,000 extra workers each being paid no more than Rs 200 a day in a desperate effort to clear up the mess before the Games' scheduled start on October 3.
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Monsoon rains have caused the nearby River Yamuna to burst its banks and stagnant water is a breeding ground for mosquitos which can carry the potentially life threatening dengue fever.
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Exposed cables and huge holes in the building work can be seen in these pictures
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cables and huge holes in the building work can be seen in these pictures
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Worry Several top athletes have already pulled out of the Commonwealth Games
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The images were revealed just hours before the first wave of the English team flew out to the Indian capital.
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Mess A dirty basin, covered in an unknown substance, in the Commonwealth Games village
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Filthy The bathrooms of the Commonwealth Games village are covered in building dust and mud
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Wash and go The bathrooms at the Commonwealth Games athletes' village have been exposed as being in a particularly poor state