Commonwealth officials say distressed over delays to Delhi venues

New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is concerned that a number of new locations for next year's multi-sports meet in the Indian capital fall behind schedule.

"We are concerned that some of the construction deadlines are not met,"CGF president Michael Funnel told CNN-IBN news channel on Friday after a meeting of the Games'Coordination Committee.

"But there is still time and if the new deadlines are met, that's good,"he added. Delays in construction have led to the cancellation of several international events also serve as trail running sites for use in October 2010 at the Olympics.

The shooting and Commonwealth boxing championships were postponed, while the world badminton championships were moved to the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

Organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi assured that all sites, expect the velodrome and rugby sevens arena would be completed by December.

"Many deadlines are met and efforts are in hand to further improve efficiency in meeting deadlines,"Kalmadi said in a statement.