Commonwealth Games 2010 final preparations

Commonwealth Games Clean: Delhi Scrambles to Complete Last Minute Preparations For Commonwealth Games

Cleaning staff wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Cleaning staff and municipal workers wait to enter the site of the Commonwealth Games village Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Cleaners descend on the Commonwealth Games village Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Labourers carrying brooms and other cleaning equipment arrived at the athletes' village while workers sprayed chemicals into the many pools of stagnant water, a breeding ground for mosquitoes Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Indian cleaning staff at the Commonwealth Games althetes' village Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Indian cleaning staff outside the Commonwealth Games village Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Commonwealth Games Clean: Stray dog roams the thletes village for Commonwealth Games in Delhi

A stray dog roams at the athletes' village Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Commonwealth Games Clean: Workers prepare before entering the Commonwealth Games athletes village

Workers prepare their brooms before entering the athletes' village Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Commonwealth Games Clean: Workers sit on a pavement before entering the athletes village

Workers sit on a pavement before entering the Commonwealth Games athletes' village Photograph: Reuters

Commonwealth Games Update: 2010 Commonwealth games preparations, New Delhi, India - 23 Sep 2010

Municipal workers spraying pesticides to prevent dengue next to the main metro station outside the Commonwealth Games village Photograph: CHI-Photo / Rex Features/CHI-Photo / Rex Features

Commonwealth Games Update: A worker cleans the surrounding area

A New Delhi airport worker does a quick clean just before members of the British team arrive to participate in the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Saurabh Das/AP

Commonwealth Games Update: A worker sweeps inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

A worker sweeps inside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

Commonwealth Games Update: Athletes village for Commonwealth Games in Delhi

Indian municipal workers search for stray dogs at the athletes' village for the Commonwealth Games Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Commonwealth Games Update: Construction debris lie scattered at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Construction debris at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

Commonwealth Games Update: Workers prepare a float for the opening ceremony in New Delhi

Workers prepare a float for the opening ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main venue for the Delhi Commonwealth Games Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP