Delhi [ Images ] Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday took exception to Commonwealth Games [ Images ] CEO Mike Hooper's reported comments on the capital's population, saying it was "very unkind and undiplomatic".

"It is really a very unkind and undiplomatic remark that has been made," Dikshit told reporters.

She was responding to a question on Hooper's reported remark during a closed-door meeting on the Commonwealth Games when he lost his cool as authorities rejected a proposal for closing the Games lanes and talked about the city's "population hazard".

Asked about the preparations at the Games Village, she said, "We inherited it in a very difficult situation. We are working very hard."

She said the work at the Games Village will be over very soon.