(CNN) -- New Zealand has delayed its athletes' arrival to the Commonwealth Games in India amid criticisms of hygiene and security, officials said.
Athletes were supposed to arrive this weekend, but now may not arrive until Tuesday, New Zealand's Olympic Committee said.
The move comes after Scottish officials said they were delaying the departure of their first team of 41 athletes and staff for the Games because of concerns "that a significant part of the athletes' village residential zone is far from finished and nowhere near an acceptable standard in terms of health, safety and hygiene."
The village is "uninhabitable" and "filthy," not secure, and there are stray dogs around, Michael Cavanagh, chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland, told Sky News. A meeting was taking place Wednesday between Scottish team leaders and organizers to try to resolve the problems, he said.
Read about how the Games village tops concerns
National teams stepped up their criticism Wednesday of hygiene and security at the Commonwealth Games in India, as organizers were forced to deal with more damage at one of the venues.
Parts of a false ceiling at the weightlifting venue in New Delhi came off overnight, said Rajendra Kalla, a superintendent engineer at India's Central Public Works Department. Nine ceiling tiles fell to the floor, and Kalla described the damage as minor.
It happened at the same venue -- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -- where a bridge collapse Tuesday injured 27 people.
Those structural problems came on top of concerns about security and hygiene, mainly at the athletes' village, which has room for some 8,500 athletes
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