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Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Hooper's remarks on Delhi's population are very unkind. In an interview with a New Zealand TV channel, Hooper said that India's considerable population was to blame for traffic problems in Delhi for the CWG, an NDTV report says. The President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Mike Fennell said that Hooper was misquoted. Fennell said Hooper has also been "wrongly criticised" for blaming the Indian government for missed deadlines. "Far from any emotive commentary, Mr Hooper merely stated the fact that the responsibility for delivering and operating the Games lies with authorities in India , as per the Host City contract," Fennell said. Dikshit told NDTV on Monday that the flats in the Games Village will be ready soon, but she refused to commit to a deadline. Contingents like UK 's are staying in five-star hotels, allegedly at taxpayers' expense, while the government works to clean up the Village. On Sunday, the South African High Commissioner, Mbulelo Mejeke, said a snake had been found in a room that was meant for one of his atheletes. He also said on Monday that arrangements in the Village seem to have improved.

Hooper courts controversy on the eve of Commonwealth Games