happy at the progress of the people of Canada Games, athletes to reach Sunday

Canadian officials, who Wednesday delayed the departure of its athletes for the Commonwealth Games, today expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the athletes' village and hopes the event will take place as planned.

Canadian athletes are scheduled to begin arriving in New Delhi on Sunday, CTV news channel.

If progress is maintained, the Commonwealth Games will take place without any further setback, the TV channel quoted Scott Stevenson, director of Sport Commonwealth Games Canada, who said from New Delhi.

Said New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has brought "a change in the culture of preparedness" putting in their own staff, including engineers, to manage the project.

"These employees were given the authority to act, to decide on things to do together with us and ensure that all necessary equipment and manpower would be on site to perform this task,''said Stevenson.

"We're starting to now be in a better position to direct our attention to the sport again, it's very exciting because it's what most of us it is,''he said.

Andrew Pipe, chairman of Commonwealth Games Canada, also welcomed the intervention of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who held an emergency meeting with Sports Minister MS Gill, Minister of Urban Development Jaipal Reddy and Thursday Officials of the elderly to solve the problems.

"What we're seeing now, for the first time, the injection / projection of a meaningful political leadership in organizing the Games. Frankly, this is the leadership that has failed,''he said.

Canada said on Wednesday its athletes, including the women's team of hockey, to delay the departure from New Delhi because of "uninhabitable" conditions in the city of sport. Two archers from Canada also withdrew from the Games for security reasons.

These athletes are now starting to arrive in New Delhi on Sunday, the television said.

The women's field hockey team, he wanted to be in Delhi well before the start of the Games to get used to the difference in climate and weather are being developed in Vancouver.