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Several concerns were raised over the preparations of the Games and these included excessive budget overruns,[132

likelihood of floods in elhi due to heav! monsoonrains, infrastructural compromise, poor living conditions at th

"ommonwealth Games #illage, dela!s in construction of the main Games$ venues,[133][13%]the withdrawal of

prominent athletes,[13&]widespread corruption b! officials of the Games$ 'rganising "ommittee[13(]and possibilit! terrorist attack b! militants)[13*]

+he 21 "ommonwealth Games in elhi was critici-ed b! several prominent .ndian politicians and social activis

'ne of the outspoken critics of the Games is /ani Shankar 0i!ar, former .ndian /inister for outh 0ffairs and

Sports) /iloon othari, leading .ndian expert on socioeconomic development, 4uestioned the 5ustification ofspending billions of dollars on a 12da! sports event 6when %(7 of .ndia$s children and &&7 of women are

malnourished6

/iloon othari, leading .ndian expert on socioeconomic development, 4uestioned the 5ustification of spending

billions of dollars on a 12da! sports event 6when %(7 of .ndia$s children and &&7 of women are malnourished6)[

0round 1, of the 22, selected volunteers have 4uit, less than a week before the event) +his has been blame

on a lack of training for personnel, or dissatisfaction with assignments +he start of the Games saw extremel! poor

ticket sales, with man! venues near empt!)[

0frican countries have complained that the! are getting secondclass treatment from the Games organisers, in spitthem offering .ndia a hand in the preparation of the Games

submitted a photograph of a dog defecating on a bed in the games village

+he 88" released images of bathrooms with browncolouredpaanstains on the walls and floor, li4uids on the flo

and brown paw prints on athletes$ beds

'n the first night of swimming, debris landed in the swimming pool, causing dela!s ahead of a race) 8efore the lanight of swimming finals, the filtration s!stem broke down and the pool was turbid and murk! during the warmup

session and the finals, and the pool has been described as the least clear ever seen for a swimming competition

0 dog entered the athletics arena) Small monke!s roam elhi$s streets

0ustralian athletes have been accused of vandali-ing the towers of the athletes$ village the! were sta!ing in b!breaking furniture and electrical fittings) 0 washing machine was hurled from the eighth floor of the same tower)

'n the second da! of the games, three 9gandanofficials were in5ured b! a malfunctioning securit! barrier at the

games$ village, and a senior official from that countr! raised allegations of discrimination b! .ndian officials

:rior to the Games, four wrestlers, a shotputter and two swimmers who were all part of .ndia$s Games s4uad teste

positive for meth!lhexaneamine) ;our others, who were not picked for the Games in the .ndian capital, also faileddrug tests conducted at the various training camps across the countr!) +he heaviest monsoon rains in 1& !ears, alo

with large 4uantities of standing water on "

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