New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi Thursday blamed the builder and the contractor for the mess at the Games Village.

The Village had been criticised by several participating countries for being filthy and unlivable.

Kalmadi said that there was conflict between nodal agency Delhi Development Authority (DDA) that gave the contract to Emaar-MGF to build the Games Village and the builder.

"Due to the conflict, work was delayed for three months and that was the main problem. We got the Village only a month back and we needed some time to get things in place. But now the Games Village looks beautiful and I can tell you it is the best Commonwealth Games Village," he said.

The Games Village is spread over an area of 63.5 hectares and has a total of 34 residential towers. It has 1,168 apartments comprising 4,008 bedrooms which will house the athletes and team officials.