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Amidst all the cacophony over the state of the Commonwealth Games Village,and Lalit Bhanot attributing the complaints to a difference in perspectives,the Scottish delegation donned rubber gloves and took it upon themselves to clean their own quarters. According to reports,Scotland was amongst the host of nations that complained about the Village being unfit and unsafe for human habitation. After appeals to the Organising Committee,the delegation was moved into another tower in the Village which,as it turns out,was also in need of serious cleaning.
In a statement issued to various media outlets,the Scotland team said,After representation to the Organising Committee,Scotland was reallocated to finished accommodation,which still required serious cleaning and maintenance to bring it up to the necessary Games ready standards. This has now been largely addressed by the Scotland team management,cleaning the seven-storey tower block from top to bottom themselves with assistance from Delhi Games volunteers.
While top athletes have started pulling out of the Games citing disease and security concerns,the Scottish delegation became the first one to announce that it has delayed its departure to New Delhi. The first team of 41 Scottish athletes and delegates were scheduled to begin arriving on September 23,but their departure has now been delayed because,a significant part of the athletes village residential zone is far from finished and nowhere near an acceptable standard in terms of health,safety,and hygiene.
However,many of the other blocks in the residential zone still remain in a highly unsatisfactory state, the statement added.
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