Making Delhi Commonwealth Games Ready

Commonwealth Games 2010, the next big event afteropposite the New Delhi Railway Station.
Beijing Olympics is knocking at the doors of Delhi atIt seems the government has finally woken up and
just about 2 years time. Apart from the regulardecided do to something for the budget travelers. The
questions of infrastructure like roads, Stadiums,Ministry of Tourism said that a subsidy would be
transport, security etc. a real cause of worry is theoffered to private sector builders for constructing
accommodation. Where would the large number ofbudget hotels in one, two and three star categories. In
national and international visitors stay in Delhi during thefact there is a plan to provide a 10 year Tax rebate to
Sporting extravaganza and after?new budget hotels in Delhi and Delhi National Capital
If reports are to be believed then Bangkok the capitalRegion.
of Thailand has more hotel rooms than Delhi andThe Delhi government also plans to start a new
Bombay put together. This acute dearth of hotelcategory of Budget accommodation in in the form of
rooms is not really music to the ears as only somebed-and-breakfast schemes.
700 days are left for the commonwealth games toThe neighboring states of Delhi are also taking bold
begin. There is a shortage of around 40000 rooms ininitiatives in this direction. The "Greater Noida Industrial
Delhi and the National Capital Region.Development Authority" has recently invited tenders
It is the budget travelers coming to Delhi who facesfor setting up budget hotels in the "Greater Noida" area
the maximum heat of this crunch. Not everybody canof UP, a 30 kilometer drive from the heart of Delhi.
shell out exorbitant amounts for staying. In absence ofAll said and done the government must act fast so
proper hotels, the budget travelers has no alternativethat when the game kicks of on October 3rd the
but to do with the pigeon-hole hotel rooms in the areatourists should not be left high and dry.