Sheila in charge, the cleaners troop in

After the Delhi government’s embarrassment with the foot over-bridge, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has busied herself in getting the Games Village cleaned up. On Thursday, Dikshit, along with 1,000 NDMC workers, marched inside the Village for the clean-up job. 

The Delhi government has also roped in managers from five-star hotels in the city to supervise housekeeping work at the Village. Dikshit, who was inside the Village for nearly three hours in the morning, returned in the evening to inspect the residential towers. By night, the CM, her principal secretary, the Chief Secretary and Special Secretary Keshav Chandra had spent over six hours in the Village. 

During the day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also held a meeting attended by Dikshit, Sports Minister M S Gill, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and Delhi L-G Tejendra Khanna to take stock of the situation. “All efforts are being made to standardise the cleanliness level in the Games Village as desired by our guests,” said a statement issued by Khanna after the meeting to which Suresh Kalmadi wasn’t invited