Around 1,100 foreign athletes, officials and media personnel landed in the Indian capital Sunday and 550 more are expected by nightfall Monday.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit toured the Village Monday in a golf cart to inspect the progress of cleaning up operation. She said all steps are being taken to maintain the Village spic and span.

The first batch from Scotland, who had delayed their arrival, moved into the Village and they looked pleased with the facilities.

"We are really happy with all the facilities. We are having a good time here. We went to the archery venue and we found lush green field was really nice. The facility is up there with some of the best fields I have seen at the World championships," Scottish archer Claudine Jenning told IANS.

Jenning said they waited for instruction from the advanced team that came to Delhi to check on the facilities, before getting the green signal to board the plane.

"Our officials were very honest with the observations here. We were in regular touch with them and they conveyed to us whatever they saw. The situation has improved now. Once we were told that it (Village) is ready, we decided to fly down. The food is excellent," she said.

The Kenyan camp faced minor problems after checking into the Games Village.

"We came yesterday (Sunday). Our experience has been so-so. We were not given keys to the rooms for quite some time," a Kenyan delegate told IANS.

The Kenyan camp was not satisfied with the facilities for the Para athletes and also had some issues about cleanliness.

"The rooms could have been cleaner. The para athletes need a seat in the bathroom, it is not there and it is a big problem," said Ruth Mueni Nzioka, a Kenyan team official

Falkland Island, which is sending a contingent of 15 athletes, said a lot of work has been done in the last one week to improve the conditions at the Village.

"One member has come, another will come tonight and the rest tomorrow," head of Falkland Islands delegation Mike Summer told IANS.

"I have come here Sep 22. At that time the condition was very poor. All the negative media reports were justified at that time, but from there on things have improved a lot. I have checked the accommodation several times and now satisfied with the progress. There has been a progress on daily basis. I am satisfied that the athletes will have no problems staying here. However, I don't know whether the electricity and the plumbing will hold up. I hope it does," Summer said.

Haji Jaman, an official from Brunei, felt that too much of security is a bit discomforting for the athletes.

"There is all-round improvement, particularly the accommodation. Our team came here last night (Sunday). But there are still no bed sheets. The athletes are not happy with too much of security around and that can be little discomforting."

Surprisingly, an Indian competitor said housekeeping was still a problem in the village.

"There is practically no housekeeping worth the name. They either don't respond or are very late in turning up despite repeated calling. Instead of waiting for them, we ourselves swing into action."

Some women members of the Indian contingent had problems with the rooms allotted to them and they got them changed.

"The changed rooms are fine.”

"The village itself is wonderful. Most of the facilities are better than those we got at other international multi-discipline events. The only problem was that things got delayed and now they are struggling to finish working round the clock. The lack of finishing was undoing," the competitor said on condition of anonymity.

He said till Sunday night cleaning work was on. "Now today (Monday) we don't seen much work."