The Coordination Commission of the Commonwealth Games Federation begins its two-day recce of the capital's preparation.

The organisers of the 2010 Games would be on their toes over the next three days as the COCOM begins its recce for the multi-discipline event.

The CGF Coordination Commission (COCOM) has been quite critical of the capital's preparation and the bad blood between the Organising Committee (OC) and CGF chief executive Mike Hooper has not helped the cause.

COCOM chairman Austin Sealy is already in the capital, taking stock of the preparation. He has already visited the Games village and the Indira Gandhi Stadium besides some of the other venues.

Apart from Sealy, who is from Barbados, Bruce Robertson (Canada), Sharad Rao (Kenya), Perry Crosswhite (Australia), Gideon Sam (South Africa) and Chris Jenkins (Wales), the COCOM also includes Hooper, who seems to have buried his hatchet with the OC and is ready to work in tandem.

OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi had earlier described Hooper as an "impediment" to the preparation.

Over the next three days, the COCOM would recce 13 functional areas it has apprehensions about and the areas include security, technology, venue operations, Games Village operation, broadcasting, marketing, licensing, transport and ticketing.

OC vice chairman Randhir Singh has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating between COCOM and the OC.

Criticised for their tardy preparation, the OC apparently has received a pat from the CGF earlier this month for the progress made in the last couple of months.

Once the COCOM concludes its visit, it would submit a report to the CGF executive board.