Commonwealth Games venues in race to be ready

A labourer works in water at the construction site for a hockey training stadium Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

A woman carries cement on her head Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

A shanty encampment for labourers and their families outside the main stadium Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Labourers work outside the main stadium for the approaching 19th Commonwealth Games Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

The Commonwealth Games athletes' village is seen from the flooded areas of Mayur Vihar Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Labourers carry bricks during preparations for the the Games, which begin on 3 October Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Labourers working hard outside Jawaharlal Nehru stadium Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Scaffolding still being worked on with less and less time to get everything finished Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

Labourers construct a staircase on a pedestrian bridge outside the main stadium. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Indian labourers and their children rest at the construction site of a hockey training stadium Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

Labourers walk past the entrance to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

Workers dig during the construction of a drain outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

Workers on the roof of the weightlifting venue Photograph: Reinhard Krause/Reuters

A woman walks by the collapsed bridge next to the main Commonwealth Games venue Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

Workers dismantle the collapsed footbridge at the Jawaharlal Stadium Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

Debris is removed from the collapsed bridge
Photograph: Getty Images

A security guard stands in front of a placard showing the Commonwealth Games' mascot Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA

Indian security personnel stand guard outside a temple in the old quarters of Delhi, as security is increased Photograph: Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

Workers level the ground outside the illuminated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Photograph: HARISH TYAGI/EPA

Labourers pull a handcart of cement sacks for construction work in New Delhi Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP