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Article: 1.5 lakh more hotel rooms required for Commonwealth Games.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- March 13, 2008
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1.5 lakh more hotel rooms required for Commonwealth Games
New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) Around 1.5 lakh more hotel rooms would have to be created to meet the projected demand for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the capital.
Replying to a query in Lok Sabha today, Union Tourism Minister Ambika Soni conceded the country was short of rooms to meet the requirement for the Commonwealth Games.
She said while 1.5 lakh more rooms were required for the Games, one lakh of these were in the budget hotel category alone and the remaining in the starred categories.
"The Government is taking several initiatives to augment room supply. We have asked state ...