While the city is all set to host the Commonwealth Games, the visitors from different countries will flock budget hotels in cities of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
So far, several cheap hotels in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Bulandshahr have now registered on hotel websites and have started attracting foreigners who are likely to visit India for the Games.
Talking to this correspondent, Sudhir Verma, who owns City Plaza Hotel in Bulandshahar, UP, said, “We have registered our hotel details on several tourism websites and so far 35 people from New Zealand have booked rooms.” However, the Delhi government officials expect that there might be a shortage of accommodation for the visitors, which is why many people will like to stay in the near by cities. The city government is expecting over a lakh visitors during the Games.
According to the industry estimates, a total of 20,000 rooms would be ready in the city and neighbouring areas, which would include the rooms under the ‘Bed and Breakfast Scheme’.
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Unauthorised colonies to be regularised
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
June 24: The Delhi government has accelerated the process of regularising 1,639 unauthorised colonies which were given provisional regularisation certificates in 2008. The regularisation of these colonies is expected to finish before the beginning of the Commonwealth Games.
Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia on Thursday said that the government has been striving hard to complete all the formalities to ensure formal regularisation of all the 1,639 colonies at the earliest.
Mr Walia further stated that the government will present all the required documents to the Delhi high court.