DTC adds more bus depots for Commonwealth Games!

Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is planning to have 15 more bus depots before 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
'CCTV cameras would also be installed in all DTC bus depots to ensure security during the 2010 CWG.

Tth 15 new depots, the total number of DTC depots would reach 50 with multi level parking capacity of 6,000 buses. Construction works in seven new depots are going on and these depots, hopefully would be functional by November 2009.
DTC plans would be to add 2,500 more low floor CNG buses to its existing fleet by March 2010 and the delivery of new buses will start next month with 150 buses joining the DTC fleet.
Of these 2,500, 1,000 are low floor air-conditioned buses while 1,500 will be normal low floor CNG buses. Besides this, 625 new low floor buses would be added in the DTC fleet.
DTC has started the process of purchasing 1,000 new semi-low floor buses, he said, adding they would have a state-of-art passenger information system and global positioning system for the convenience of commuters. As many as 574 low floor buses would be in the Commonwealth Games Village for the sports persons.
'All buses will be equipped with automatic vehicle ticketing system and with new logo of Commonwealth Games.



Now this is excellent in theory but will the Delhites leave these buses in good condition come October 2010?

This remains to be seen. This is an extremely good development for Delhi and especially its disabled.

Whoops Changes in Delhi!

There are changes afoot in India, with India Bed and Breakfast announcing portals for partnering with Bed and Breakfast in most of the Indian cities.

We hope that their this venture is succesful in making a gruop of Indian B&B owners. Some of the B&B's are located in exotic cities of Rajasthan whereas some are located in Agra.

The b&B listed are for Jaipar Bed and Breakfast, Bed and Breakfast Agra and Noida B&B as well as Gurgaon B&B's.

If you are interested in partnering with them, please conatct via their site.

They are seeking bed and Breakfast owners from all over India, so if you have a website you can partner with them.

Good Luck!

Delhi Summer sale on Hotel Rooms

Looking for a cheap New Delhi Airport Hotel? Look no further! Inn at Delhi is offering a massive 35% off on its summer sale to tourists who will book their rooms for the Month of June & July.

The rates revert back to normal after August 2009 and therefore it is imperative that you book your rooms NOW.

HURRY!

Will there be Accommodation in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games?

The New Delhi Govt. has been highly critised in the media for dragging it feet on the development of Delhi Infrastructure for the recent Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held at Delhi and the constant criticism has finally woken up the Kumbhkarana.

"We are now constantly monitoring the progress of 120 infrastructure projects so as to complete them by April next year," a senior official involved in overseeing preparations for the prestigious sporting event said.

He said all the projects are on track and progressing well. "We are doing it silently. Everything will be ready well ahead of time. There is no need for any concern." Hear!! Hear!!!

He said the under-construction flyover leading to the airport will be ready by early next year.

Asked whether there will be a problem of accommodation for visitors to the national capital as developers have withdrawn from a few hotel projects, he said Haryana has decided to seize the opportunity and are working on developing guest houses and hotels.

"An alternative plan has been worked out with the Haryana government to sort out the problem of accommodation for the visitors," he said.

Delhi's loss will be Haryana's gain!

Finally Delhi Govt gets its Act Together

Apparently, security planning for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is on track and concerns that safety fears could scupper the event are premature, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

Security around the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, due to be held from Oct. 3-14, 2010 has come under scrutiny after an attack in Mumbai in November that killed at least 171 people and this month's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan.

It is widely anticipated that the Pakistan based terrorists will try to attack the Games.

According to The Official site the countdown has begun for the Commonwealth Games, and they have prepared a special baton called the queen's baton.

The prototype of the Queen’s Baton will be unveiled by Lt. Governor of Delhi, Shri Tejendra Khanna. The Queen’s Baton has been specially designed in a manner which is unique since it represents not only the diversity of India but also the participation of every Indian through the soil of each state of India which has been embedded on the Baton. The Baton, represents the resilient spirit of Indians, and their Prowess, in the field of technology and IT which also finds place in the Baton as it is designed to contain,

# GPS to track the Baton Movements when it travels

# Video Camera with Sound Recorder

# SMS Facility (affording instant interaction with the public)

# LED lights that will illuminate the colour of the flag of each of the 71 Commonwealth Nations through which it travels through

# Inbuilt Camera, Sound Recording Facility

# And very importantly a Gold leaf which the Queen’s Message will be inscribed on with micro calligraphy.

I hope that the Delhi Government gets its act together and prevents any untoward event during the commonwealth games in Delhi.

Commonwealth Plans Stolen from Police Station!

NEW Delhi's Commonwealth Games security plans have been stolen, plunging the event into further disarray.

Computers containing sensitive security information were stolen from the office of Delhi Police's Joint-Commissioner.

The theft is all the more embarrassing because the police compound housing the commissioner's office rarely has fewer than 500 officers in it.

Up to 100,000 people are expected to attend the Games, but organisers say there is a predicted shortfall of at least 14,000 hotel rooms.

New Delhi officials have approved the construction of 39 hotels in New Delhi, but work has started on only 19 so far.

It has led India to consider a New Delhi bed and breakfast scheme, with more than 300 homes and 800 rooms registered for guests in the past 18 months.

According to Joint-Commissioner JK Sharma's staff, five computer monitors and three central programming units were missing when the offices opened yesterday.

Joint-Commissioner Sharma said: "We have reported the matter to Malviya Nagar police station. Their officers have visited the office."

The computers reportedly stored important information concerning several Games projects, and had details of security plans for the Games.

The incident is yet another blow for the embattled Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi from October 3-14 next year. That the security measures for commonwealth games in Delhi are lax, is exposed by the robbery of computers from a Police station.

Some Indian politicians and former athletes are deeply concerned over the lack of progress at several of the Games venues.

The loss of the security plans follows November's Mumbai terrorist atrocities and last week's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan.

It is believed thieves broke in through a window to steal the computers.

Sri Lankan cricket coach Trevor Bayliss, a New South Welshman, has warned sports authorities on the subcontinent to be doubly careful.

"There are questions to be asked by the governing bodies of all sports," Bayliss told Indian media. "If cricket, which is the No. 1 sport on the subcontinent, can get hit, then any sport can . . . and especially any big sporting tournament."

Bayliss' concerns came as Games organisers said foreign visitors to New Delhi next year might be housed privately.

With lax security comes the possiblity of an Al-Queda attack on the Commonwealth games Venue, this I have discussed in a previous post.

Security Measures for Delhi Commonwealth Games

I wrote about the possibility of Al- Queda attack on the venues of Commonwealth Games in Delhi in a previous post. Looks like, my conjecture was spot on.

Apparaently, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi will adopt security methods similar to those used at last year's Beijing Olympics. the chief of Commonwealth Games said on Wednesday, allaying fears the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team could scupper the event.

Speculation about the fate of the Games, due to be held in New Delhi, has intensified since last year's attacks in Mumbai and Tuesday's bloody ambush in Lahore which left six players and a coach wounded and eight people dead.

A number of Australian athletes -- the top team in the games -- have already expressed reservations about competing in India, with former swimming champion Dawn Fraser even calling for the event to be moved.

"We don't want another Munich," Fraser said, referring to the deadly attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. "With an attack like that you wouldn't be sending any team over to that region at all. You wouldn't be sending any away in this climate."

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chiefs held a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, where security was elaborately discussed, organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said.

"We're working on security, it has always been an issue with us from the beginning," he told Reuters on Wednesday.

"The Pune (2008 Commonwealth Youth Games) security was also an issue and everything went off well.

"We're tying up things, with a lot of CCTV's etc. We're using very modern methods which were also used in Beijing (Olympics) last year.

"A lot of things are moving ahead as this is our number one concern," he said. "We're monitoring it on a day-to-day basis."

The CGF security chief had also visited India and discussed security details with the Delhi police and interior ministry officials, he added.

AUSTRALIA BACKING

Earlier, a top Australian sports official gave his backing to keeping the Games in India despite growing concerns over security.

Perry Crosswhite, the president of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association, said the CGF had called a teleconference to discuss the latest incident but there were no plans to relocate the Games.

"At this stage, the Games are on at Delhi 2010 and we have no reason to believe that they won't take place," Crosswhite told reporters on Wednesday.

"Like everyone else I am shocked that they attacked a sporting team, and Pakistan cricket is so popular, for terrorists to do this is almost unheard of.

"We are not saying the Games are going to be cancelled."

More than 4,000 athletes from over 50 countries are expected to compete in 17 sports at the New Delhi Games, making it the biggest sporting event held in India.

Among the athletes likely to compete at New Delhi are Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice and British cyclist Chris Hoy, who each won three gold medals at last year's Beijing Olympics.

Crosswhite said India was planning a massive security operation for the Commonwealth Games but he could understand why some athletes may still be hesitant to go.

"I don't think anyone can guarantee anybody's safety any more," he said.

"If we did feel that those security issues were beyond an acceptable level we would have no hesitation in making our views known to the athletes.

"It is up to the athletes whether they go or not. We won't force them to go."

Kalmadi said security perception had gone up after the Mumbai attacks in November which killed about 170 people.

"We've beefed up security after the Mumbai attacks and we didn't need lessons from the Lahore attack."

"After Mumbai we've taken all steps on security. We'll have our next meeting in May by when the full plan will be ready."

"I'd like to assure participating countries that security will be our concern. We'll definitely look after all aspects."

If the Delhi Commonwealth Games were to be called off that would be huge economic blow to the New Delhi Bed and Breakfast and Delhi Hotels that are coming up especially for the Commonwealth games.

We all hope that the Government will get their act together and is able to provide tight security for the event.

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Will there be an Al-Queda attack on Commonwealt Games Venue in Delhi

Another Parliamentary panel finds serious lapses in preparations for Commonwealth Games, and yet another committee on Thursday observed that security to people in Delhi appeared to be "inadequate'' ahead of the 2010 event. It suggested that the government should take urgent measures after a comprehensive review.

The Standing Committee on Home Affairs in its report said the actual security cover to the people of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) ahead of the Games "appears to be inadequate, particularly in the light of the recent serial bomb blasts and more recently the Mumbai terror attacks.''

Recommending that the home ministry undertake a "comprehensive review'' of the security capability of the Delhi Police, the panel, headed by BJP member Sushma Swaraj, said: "The committee also desires that the Metro stations in Delhi need to be provided full security and no stone should be left unturned.''

In its action taken report, the home ministry, however, informed that the government has already sanctioned 5,000 additional posts in the Delhi Police specifically in the context of the Commonwealth Games. Also, an additional 7,612 posts have been sanctioned in terms of a larger proposal of the Delhi Police.

It also said that it was decided to hand over the security of Delhi Metro to CISF and 1,633 posts were sanctioned to the paramilitary force for the purpose.

The panel also referred to the issue of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, saying that "a large presence of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants poses a grave threat to the internal security'' and should be viewed seriously.

Noting that "any laxity'' on the Indo-Bangladesh border would prove detrimental to India's security and economic progress, the panel suggested strengthening of surveillance.

With Poor security comes the possibility of another Al-Queda attack to disrupt the Delhi Commonwealth games in 2010.

Let's hope NOT!

Edit : Following the Deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players, the above is a strong possibilty.

Related Posts: Security Measures for Delhi Commonwealth Games

Development for Commonwealth Games in Delhi is Lagging behind!

Finding serious lapses on the part of the Delhi government in the preparedness for the Commonwealth Games, a parliamentary committee today said no proposals from the city government for development of infrastructure and capacity building were submitted to the Centre till November 2008.
Delhi government had not made any proposals for development of infrastructure and capacity building, including creation and renovation of hospitality facilities, modernisation of tourism sites to the Tourism Ministry till November 2008, Sitaram Yechury, chairman of the standing committee on transport, tourism and culture told reporters here after submitting the report on "development of tourism infrastructure and amenities for the commonwealth Games 2010".

The committee in its report has noted with concern that though adequate funds were available with the Tourism Ministry under infrastructure upgradation of tourism destination schemes, no such proposals were submitted by Delhi government.

"Since the 2010 Games are drawing near, so many projects have yet to be initiated, let alone completed. In such a situation, absence of any proposal from the NCT of Delhi surprised the committee," the panel noted. PTI

Melbourne will not be ready to Host the commonwealth Games 2010

Australian officials have laughed off suggestions Melbourne is on standby to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games amid concerns over India's preparations to stage the event.

Reports suggest Delhi organisers are struggling with numerous issues ahead of the scheduled opening ceremony on October 3, involving venue construction, broadcasting, security and accommodation among other things.

The possibility of Melbourne, host of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, stepping in again next year has been mooted with the event now just over 18 months away.

But it was news to Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) chief executive Perry Crosswhite.

"That's all very interesting because we've never been asked that or even had it indicated to us," Crosswhite told AAP on Wednesday.

"I talked to (former Melbourne Commonwealth Games Minister) Justin Madden about it yesterday and he said it would be almost impossible for Melbourne to do it anyway.

"The village is gone and everything else.

"The only time you've had a Games move was the 1976 Winter Olympics when (Denver) couldn't hold them (over a funding issue) and Innsbruck held them again, but in those days the Olympics was probably a thousand athletes.

"It just wouldn't happen unless there was a security issue, when they'd probably just be postponed rather than move them somewhere else.

"I just chuckle at those things because it's just not going to happen."

Crosswhite is remaining hopeful India's vast resources and huge population can make the event in Delhi a success.

The global financial crisis and the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November last year have impacted upon confidence in the country to stage a successful Games.

India are also minnows when it comes to hosting international multi-sport events, the last time being when they held the Asian Games in 1982.

But the ACGA is keeping the faith, believing Delhi just needs to ensure experienced heads are pulling the strings.

"Absolutely there's concerns. But more of the concern is just putting people in place to manage and run the Games," Crosswhite said.

"The venues and village and all that is just money and people and they've got plenty of people and probably plenty of money.

"It's probably just a body of knowledge of how you manage the Games and those things (that's required). You either get people from overseas or you do a very fast training program or a combination of both.

"That's the area the Commonwealth Games Federation is really encouraging the Indians to do. These events don't just happen."

The ACGA was informed in November last year that venues were behind schedule, but it is hardly a unique issue.

The same problem occurred during preparations for the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympics, plus the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

The ACGA's latest information is most venues will be finished by December this year.

Commonwealth Games in Delhi - A Fiasco in Making!

The Capital, New Delhi, is gearing up for the Commonwealth Games, which will see at least a million extra tourists in India, and with a large portion of them expected to hit Delhi, the city's 11,000 hotel rooms are woefully inadequate.

In fact the Ministry of Tourism estimates that Delhi needs another 40,000 hotel rooms just to handle the Commonwealth Games, but include the rest of India and the figure is scary.

“We are short of 1,50,000 rooms in the deluxe category and 1,00,000 in the budget category,” Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said.

Meanwhile, Government agencies like the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) are hard at work identifying sites to cope with the large number of visitors.

“The DDA auctioned 33 plots for the construction of hotels in the NCR since January 2006, which is said to add 6,500 rooms,” Director PR, DDA, Neemo Dhar said. That said, due to the recession many of the companies tat had bought the land - have handed it back to the Govt. saying that the soaring cost of land makes constructing a Hotels in Delhi uneconomical.

But attempts to auction the sites have been partially successful, forcing the DDA to issue tenders. But in spite of that some plots remain unsold, and many have been handed back to the Govt.

And with the Commonwealth Games only a year away, finishing a world-class hotel will mean working against the clock because that normally requires three years. The high cost of land is also likely to lead to high tariffs.

In spite of the Tourism Ministry's incentives like a 10-year tax rebate on budget hotels, the 40,000 target seems an unlikely one. Perhaps the answer lies in facilitating smaller establishments.

Estimates say 30 per cent of the deficit can be bridged through unbranded categories like serviced apartments, Delhi Bnb and guesthouses and motels in Delhi.

Barkha Dutt & NDTV sue a blogger for stating the Truth!

Barkha Dutt and NDTV sue a blogger called Chetan Kunte after he writes a post called Shoddy Journalism on his blog Ckunte.com.

This is a disgrace.

In what can be deemed as a shameful act, Indian journalism or rather one network and one journalist sinks to another low.

Barkha Dutt, of the screeching, shouting, TV soap opera fame has through her network sent a legal notice to Chyetanya Kunte, an Indian blogger.

There is a an excellent over view written by Abhishek - titled "Chyetanka Kunte Vs Barkha Dutt & NDTV - a Fiasco" - worth reading. He has also made a list of all the bloggers who have posted about this episode.

Hopefully, he will include this blogpost in his review.

Incredible Bed and Breakfast Scheme improvements!

The Delhi government has revised the guidelines of the Delhi Bed and Breakfast scheme to make it more popular and rolled it across the whole country to make it acceptable across the country.


“The Incredible India Bed and Breakfast guidelines have been revised so that all state governments can adopt this scheme in their own states and increase the availability of rooms for tourists,” said a senior Tourism Ministry official.

While the emphasis has been given on less paper work in the revised guidelines, the maximum number of rooms is being increased from 5 to 6.

The changed guidelines has authorized the state governments to allocate categories of their own, devise their own fee structure and have their own classification committee which should be headed by an officer not below the rank of gazetted officer in the state tourism department or its equivalent.

The Ministry has also devised Dos and Don’ts for the house owners suggesting them how to conduct themselves as registered establishment and the activity has to be treated as non-commercial.

Delhi government has enacted a law for the scheme to extend benefit of taxation of property, electricity and water charges to be paid as per residential rates.
Himachal and Uttar Pradesh have also allowed similar incentives for the Bed and Breakfast scheme.

“All state governments have been asked to provide certain incentives so that the scheme can become popular and help in addressing the shortage of hotel rooms all over the country,” said the official.
Ministry is also planning to undertake capacity building programme for the benefit of such house owners who are willing to implement the scheme.

Hotel chains opt out of Delhi Commonwealth Games

Fearing poor visitor turnout for the Commonwealth Games in the wake of recession, six hoteliers and bnb New Delhi establishments, which were alloted plots for construction of hotels for the mega sporting event have developed cold feet.

"These six hoteliers after getting land did not come forward to obtain necessary clearances for beginning the construction of hotels. So, we are recommending for cancellation of their plots," said a senior Delhi government official.

The alloted hotel sites facing cancellation are at Anand Vihar, Mandavali, Vivek Vihar, Mayur Vihar and Alipur Road.

DDA had auctioned 33 sites in the capital for construction of hotels keeping the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in mind.

"Now with six already out of the project we have to expedite the construction work of other proposed hotels to meet the deadline before the Games," the official said and added, "We have offered incentives to these hoteliers for completing the construction before June 2010."

Tourism Ministry is hopeful of making available about 6,000 rooms during the Games out of these new hotels.

The Games Village is being developed by the DDA to provide accommodation as well as training facilities to 8,000 athletes and officials during the Games.

Besides the Game Village, DDA is also constructing flats in Vasant Kunj which would be utilised for the sporting event.

"We expect about 5,000 rooms to be made available for visitors during the Games in Vasant Kunj. ITDC will provide necessary arrangement for the staying of visitors in these flats," the official said.

Meanwhile, global recession has adversely affected the foreign tourist arrivals (FTA) in the country.

While 5.96 lakh foreign tourists had come to India in December 2007, their number reduced to 5.22 lakh in December 2008, which is a negative growth of minus 12.5 per cent.

The FTA had also registered a negative growth of minus 2.1 per cent in November 2008.

However, Tourism Ministry is hopeful that the situation will not remain the same in 2010.

It has undertaken a series of confidence building measures to minimize the negative impact of the recent global economic meltdown.

"Visit India 2009" scheme is being launched whereby attractive incentives by way of value additions would be offered to foreign tourists visiting the country during the period from April to December this year.

The ministry is also organising a series of road shows in UK, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada and other important tourist generating overseas markets.

With this bad news, hopefully the commonweatlh games will not be cancelled.

Tax Holiday for 5 star hotels in Delhi.

The Delhi government has been asked to extend tax holiday for all hotel categories, including five-star, specially in the national capital keeping in mind the requirements for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

In the Budget of 2007-08, five-year tax holiday was given to two, three and four star hotels (but not too 5 star hotels) and convention centres with a seating capacity of not less than 3,000 in the NCR.

"This facility needs to be extended to all categories of hotels, including five-star hotels and bed and breakfast New Delhi, so that their capacity expansion takes place at a desired speed to accommodate large number of tourists expected during 2010 games," it said.

The hotel infrastructure, specially in five-star category and the Bnb's in Delhi and NCR where majority of tourists are likely to stay, is still not taking off and therefore to speed up their capacity, five years tax holiday schemes requires to be extended, it added.

A proposal has been sent to Ministry of Finance demanding that infrastructure status for hotel industry should not be delayed any longer, since the sector is highly capital intensive.

Each five star hotel is built with capital investments, ranging from Rs 300 crore to Rs 500 crore, it said.

As per the chamber estimates, keeping in mind the requirement of hotel rooms during the games, in NCR, around 27 new hotels are coming up with about 4,900 rooms in various categories over next three to four years.

As per estimates, the Commonwealth Games in 2010 is expected to attract 50,000 foreign visitors to Delhi and about 30,000 rooms would be required to accommodate these visitors.

The National Capital Region, currently, has about 10,500 rooms and an additional 15,000 to 18,000 rooms are required to take care of the foreign tourists during the event

New Power station for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games will catapult Delhi on to the world center-stage. Every country's eyes will be on us. This will also give an opportunity to showcase our accomplishments and put our best foot forward. Uninterrupted power supply will play a pivotal role in this," Dikshit said.

The chief minister stated that new sub-station would be constructed on the green building concept at an estimated cost of Rs.400 million by December.

This sub-station would not only cater to the needs of Commonwealth Games Village but also ensure uninterrupted power supply to all nearby colonies across east Delhi. This will benefit the Delhi Bed and Breakfast as well, as it is located in an area which will benefit form the new Power station.

Dikshit complimented the role of Delhiites in making the conservation drive successful and restricting power consumption and further exhorted them to conserve power.

Though the capacity of this grid station will be 25 MVA, BSES (power distribution company) is planning to install two 25 MVA transformers.

"Of this one will be primary and the other one its back up. This is being done to take care of any unforeseen eventuality and contingency. Even if the primary transformer fails for some reason, the backup transformer will immediately take over and ensure continuance of uninterrupted power supply," a power department official said.

Commonwealth to be shifed to Melbourne?

Melbourne is ready to step in and host the 2010 Commonwealth Games if the event is pulled from New Delhi, a report said Sunday.

The four-yearly Games, featuring 71 teams from Commonwealth countries, are due to be held in the Indian capital from October 3-14, 2010, but concerns remain over construction of its sporting and transport infrastructure.

Building delays have already forced this year’s world badminton championships to be shifted to the southern city of Hyderabad.

In November, Commonwealth Games Federation co-ordination committee chairman Austin Sealy said India could miss out on hosting the Games if a dispute over the construction of the athletes’ village was not resolved.

The Melbourne Age, citing senior sports officials, said the Victorian state government had discussed contingency plans to host the event which it last held just three years ago.

One of the officials, who declined to be named, said that while Melbourne had not been asked to step in, “if things don’t improve (in Delhi), we will.”

Another official added that if Delhi was unable to host the Games, Melbourne would likely be asked to do so.

“It would be an obvious thing to do. Melbourne had it last, so they know we’ve got the infrastructure and facilities,” the official said.

But Lalit Bhanot, general secretary of the Delhi Games organising committee, bristled at the suggestions.

“There is no possibility of a shift in venue for the Commonwealth Games and there is no reason to do it,” he told the newspaper.

“I don’t know why this issue comes up. There should not be one percent of doubt about Delhi staging the Games.”

Delhi is already facing accomodation shortage and therefore bed and breakfast Delhi scheme has been launched many, many moons ago. Still the bed and breakfast's are finding it hard to fill their rooms. Hopefully commonwealth games will chamnge all that.