England and Scotland's Commonwealth Games teams are concerned the poor quality of the athletes village in Delhi may put the whole event in doubt.

Scottish officials found their original accommodation to be "unsafe and unfit for human habitation".
England are "optimistic" they will compete, but say urgent work is needed before the Games begin on 3 October.
But Welsh officials are content with their headquarters and believe that organisers "should be able to do it."
Northern Ireland's first representatives are leaving for India on Tuesday and have lined up alternative accommodation in case their scheduled quarters are not ready.

Building works have fallen well behind schedule in the build-up to the Games and Thursday's official opening of the village to 7000 athletes and officials now looms large.
Safety fears were heightened after at least one person was injured as a pedestrian bridge collapsed near the event's main stadium on Tuesday.
Commonwealth Games Federation chief Michael Fennell, who has written to the Indian government expressing his concern over progress, has warned that security around the site has delayed improvements.
"Many nations that have already sent their advanced parties to set up within the village have made it abundantly clear that, as of the afternoon of 20 September, the Commonwealth Games Village is seriously compromised," he said.
However Randhir Singh, vice-president of the event's organising committee, is confident that the village will be delivered as promised.
"There were some flats that the labour force was working on and they had dirtied certain other flats," said Singh.


Scotland have called on the Commonwealth Games Federation "to make a realistic decision as to at what point and under what conditions...the Games will be able to go ahead should the village issues not be resolved".
India's monsoon weather has revealed new plumbing and electrical problems ahead of the arrival of England's first athletes on Thursday.
"Commonwealth Games England remains optimistic that England participation at the Games can go ahead," read a statement.
"However there is a lot still to be done in the Village and this needs to be done with some urgency."
Wales have previously lodged a formal complaint over conditions in the village, however chef de mission Chris Jenkins is now confident his team's accommodation is on track.
"It's in a good state now: it's clean, the plumbing's working, the wiring's working, the electric is working, the air conditioning works, the medical clinic is pretty much set up," he told BBC Sport Wales.



Unless there is tremendous effort and energy and problem-solving ability to get it done, it's going to be extremely hard to get across the line."
However New Zealand Prime Minister John Key played down the implications of Currie's downbeat assessment.
"I think he was just reflecting the frustrations we had expressed to us overnight," he said.
"I wouldn't say that means the Commonwealth Games would be off. It's unlikely that New Zealand would make a call (to pull out) that other countries weren't prepared to make."
Australia and Canada are the other two teams to have set up camp in Delhi at the earliest opportunity.
Australia's chef de mission Steve Moneghetti said his officials "didn't seem that concerned about the overall condition of the village", but claimed organisers "have got two days to do what's probably going to take about two weeks".

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