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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Commonwealth Games construction under labour spotlight

Labour in Delhi: Commonwealth Games construction project
February 2010: Labourers work at a construction project in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: Labour Force Work Under Difficult Conditions To Complete Commonwealth Games
Children accompany their parents to the work site where, if they are prepared to work, they will be paid with bread and milk and receive dinner from the contractor
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: Labour Force Work Under Difficult Conditions To Complete Commonwealth Games
Workers fill in a ditch
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: labour force work under difficult conditions to complete commonwealth games
Labourers and children at work
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: Commonwealth Games construction project
A boy gathers stones
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: labour force work under difficult conditions to complete commonwealth games
A girl carries the basket of stones
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: Labour Force Work Under Difficult Conditions To Complete Commonwealth Games
Labourers work with no safety wear
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: labour force work under difficult conditions to complete commonwealth games
Workers and their children sit in the back of a tractor before being driven to their temporary tent dwellings after work
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Labour in Delhi: Labour Force Work Under Difficult Conditions To Complete Commonwealth Games
A woman greets her children as she arrives at her temporary tent dwelling after a day's work
Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Commonwealth Games Labour: A family carries drinking water to workers near a Commonwealth Games depot
September 2010: A family carries drinking water to a camp for workers Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP
Commonwealth Games Labour: Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 preparations
A man checks the engine of a bus which will be used during the games Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/EPA
Commonwealth Games Labour: Employees prepare balls in a factory workshop in Jalandhar
Employees prepare balls in a workshop in Basti Nau, Jalandhar. Sports product manufacturers in Jalandhar are angry that they have not received many Commonwealth Games orders because products are being imported Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Commonwealth Games Labour: Workers carry fertilizer for landscaping at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Workers carry fertiliser as the area around the Thyagaraj sports complex is landscaped. The netball competition will be held at the venue Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP
Commonwealth Games Labour: Workers shift a ground cover at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
A ground cover is pulled out at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium near a large balloon that will be used for the opening ceremony. Video content will be projected on to the multi-purpose balloon which is also fitted with lights Photograph: Gurinder Osan/AP
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