Internet Desk: Communications Executive Director of Rio, 2016 Mario Andrada declared that the Olympic village of western Rio will be ready within this week to host 207 countries. Having the handover of the village, neighborhood to Rio at Barra da Tijuca, on 15th June the organizing committee is about to complete the finishing touch to the village.
The part of the village secured for the Australian Olympic delegation was handed over came out with lots of problems. The delegation refused to stay there.
“Problems include blocked toilets, leaking pipes, exposed wiring, darkened stairwells where no lighting has been installed and dirty floors in need of a massive clean,” the head of the Australian team, Kitty Chiller, said in a statement.
After the complaint noted by the Olympic delegation the committee took a prompt decision to make up the flaws. Andrada briefed, “We have 630 men working to fix the problems at the Olympic Village. They should complete the impeccable handover of the Village by the end of the week, probably by Thursday”.
Already few delegations from different countries reached Brazil. Within this week few more are to join them. By the next week it will be filled up. The complex has capacity to host to 17,950 athletes and technical staff at Games time in 3,604 flats. There are 31 buildings
and all have adapted units for people with disabilities or little mobility. The doors are wider, showers taller, larger corridors and the lifts have room for two wheelchairs at a time.
The complainant Australian team however, praised the performance of the organizing committee. “The workers that we were with us today have been absolutely really good. They’ve been working very hard, they’re very skilled and we’re very very happy with the progress, so looking like according to our plan, we will be able to move everybody on Wednesday,” added Kitty Chiller.
The head of Argentina’s Olympic committee, Gerardo Werthein also had problem with the village. “The apartments are completed on the outside, but when we tested them we found problems with plumbing and electricity,” he said. “Rio said it will finish this, but we can’t take any risk.” May all the solutions would come out by the end of this week.