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Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Monday said that all major problems in the Athletes Village have been sorted out and a majority of the flats were ready to be occupied. "People are now happy with whatever they have got. Over a 1000 people have come now and they are very happy. Most of the athletes are happy. 80 per cent of the flats are fine. The sun is out and everything will be fine. All the athletes are happy," said Kalmadi. The visiting delegates had initially dubbed the Games Village as filthy and there was more criticism when the South African High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo claimed that a snake was found in the one of the athletes' rooms. Kalmadi further said all complaints have been addressed. "We have done whatever that had to be done. Whatever problems were there earlier have been sorted out. I don't think they have seen a Games Village like this anywhere else. There is no more scope for improvement," said Kalmadi. "Cleaning is not my job, it should have come clean to us when it was handed over. But everyone is happy now and there would be no further problems. We have some small issues but they will be sorted out," he added, when asked why the cleaning up of the Village was left to just a week before the Games.

Commonwealth Games flats ready to be occupied, says Kalmadi